West+Nile+Virus

West Nile Virus: What is the West Nile Virus? The West Nile Virus is a fatal illness that can affect people and animals, there is no known cure for the virus, but you can protect yourself by using exceptional bug spray and wearing thick clothing. How is the Virus Spread? The virus mainly spreads by people bitten mosquitos or birds, then the people can pass it on person by person, fortunately people with the virus don't show symptoms, so yo have to be cautious. Who is at risk? The risk of getting the virus is low but anyone can get infected by the virus by easily getting bit. so far 1,923 overall cases have been reported to the CDC in 2015 Where did the West Nile Virus originally come from? Africa, the bringing of the virus was an accident. People carried the virus here when they were migrating here. It was discovered in U.S.A in 1999. What are people doing to stop the virus? So far they are working on a cure, but until then people are using bug spray and protective clothing to stop the bugs biting them and spreading the virus.