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Almost 3,000 Cases of West Nile Virus Reported in U.S. in 2021

69 percent of West Nile disease cases were classified as neuroinvasive disease, for national incidence of 0.61 per 100,000

1,173 Cases of Domestic Arboviral Disease Reported in 2019 in United States

83 percent of these were West Nile virus disease cases, of which 65 percent were classified as neuroinvasive disease

CDC: 21,869 West Nile Virus Cases Identified in U.S. in 2009 to 2018

59 percent were neuroinvasive disease cases, which occurred more often with increasing age

Multiple reports of Zika virus and West Nile virus are being investigated by Alabama health officials.

Zika, West Nile Cases Reported in Alabama

State health officials note that Zika hasn't been transmitted locally
Many patients with a previous West Nile virus infection have abnormalities on neurologic examination several years after they were infected

Neurologic Abnormalities Identified After West Nile Virus

Half of patients with history of West Nile virus have abnormality on neurologic exam years after infection