{"id":282825,"date":"2025-10-07T00:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282825\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T00:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:31:09","slug":"dallas-county-reports-1st-west-nile-virus-death-of-season-officials-urge-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282825\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas County reports 1st West Nile Virus death of season; Officials urge caution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-2238304328.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Transmission electron micrograph of West Nile virus particles (gold) replicating within the cytoplasm of an infected VERO E6 cell (pink\/purple\/blue). (Photo by: NIH-NIAID\/Image Point FR\/BSIP\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>DALLAS COUNTY<\/strong> &#8211; Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) has reported the first West Nile Virus (WNV) death in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>   First WNV Death Confirmed <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The resident was a male in their 70s with underlying medical conditions and diagnosed with the more serious neuroinvasive form of the disease known as West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">DCHHS officials say additional information will not be released to protect the identity of the residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">To date, DCHHS has found a total of 245 positive traps within Dallas County and reported eight human WNV cases. Monitoring for the virus runs from April through mid-November.<\/p>\n<p> Officials Urge Continued Caution <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;We are very saddened to report our first confirmed WNV death this season,&#8221; said Dr. Philip Huang, Director of DCHHS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Cooler temperatures are coming, but mosquitoes are still a threat. We urge everyone to continue to do everything they can to avoid mosquito bites and keep safe from WNV.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Four D&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">DCHHS recommends practicing the four Ds:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>DEET<\/strong>: Whenever outside, use insect repellents that have the active ingredient DEET or other EPA-registered repellents, and always follow label instructions.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>DRESS<\/strong>: Wear long, loose, and light-colored clothing outside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>DRAIN<\/strong>: Drain or treat all standing water in and around your home or workplace where mosquitoes could lay eggs.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>DUSK to DAWN<\/strong>: Limit your time outdoors from dusk to dawn when mosquitoes are most active.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascounty.org\/departments\/dchhs\/data-reports\/arbovirus-surveillance.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided by Dallas County Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/health\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Transmission electron micrograph of West Nile virus particles (gold) replicating within the cytoplasm of an infected VERO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7290,210,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-282825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115330068524255092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}