Category: west nile virus
Viral Lessons: What Paralysis Taught Me About Preparedness and Response
![An enlarged view of a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito](https://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/10/WNV_Culex_Mosquito.jpg)
Sometime in mid-August of 2010, I was bitten by a mosquito here in Decatur, Georgia. Normally, that’s not something worth mentioning, but in this instance the mosquito that bit me was carrying a virus, and that bite changed my life. The mosquito that bit me was carrying West Nile virus (WNV). Within a few days Read More >
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