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Boy, 6, first encephalitis case of 2010
By TERRY RINDFLEISCH | trindfleisch@lacrossetribune.com | Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010 12:00 am | No
A 6-year-old Caledonia, Minn., boy has become the year?s first confirmed case of La Crosse encephalitis in the region.
The onset of the mosquito-borne disease was reported July 11, and the boy was hospitalized in Rochester, Minn., until last week, said Dave Geske, La Crosse County Health Department mosquito control officer.
Triseriatus, the mosquito that carries La Crosse encephalitis, was found in water on a tarp and in open bins close to the boy?s home, Geske said. The boy?s home also is near a woodland area within 50 yards of traps set up by Geske?s staff to catch mosquitoes, he said.
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By TERRY RINDFLEISCH | trindfleisch@lacrossetribune.com | Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010 12:00 am | No
A 6-year-old Caledonia, Minn., boy has become the year?s first confirmed case of La Crosse encephalitis in the region.
The onset of the mosquito-borne disease was reported July 11, and the boy was hospitalized in Rochester, Minn., until last week, said Dave Geske, La Crosse County Health Department mosquito control officer.
Triseriatus, the mosquito that carries La Crosse encephalitis, was found in water on a tarp and in open bins close to the boy?s home, Geske said. The boy?s home also is near a woodland area within 50 yards of traps set up by Geske?s staff to catch mosquitoes, he said.
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