Toronto – The Canada Public Health Agency (ASPC) announces that the first human case of Western Nile virus contracted in the country this year was confirmed in Toronto.
This confirmation follows the announcement by the Toronto Public Health Office that his first confirmed case in the laboratory in 2025 is an adult resident of the city with no travel history.
The virus is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes.
The ASPC Western Nile West Nile Virus Report indicates that two other Canadian residents were infected this year during a trip abroad.
His surveillance card shows detections from the Western Nile virus in two mosquito basins in Ontario and one in Manitoba on this date.
The Toronto Public Health Office indicates that symptoms generally appear between two and 14 days after a mosquito bite and may include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, aches, rash, swelling of lymph nodes or stiff neck.
ASPC specifies that the elderly and people whose immune system is weakened have a higher risk of serious illness.
It is possible to prevent infection by avoiding mosquito bites: wearing long sleeves and light colored pants, using an insectogus approved by Health Canada, install well -adjusted mosquito nets at all windows and eliminate stagnant water from buckets, planters, pool tarpaulins and other containers in order to eliminate mosquito reproduction places.
