What You Need To Know
Please find attached the NJDOH vector-borne surveillance report for week 29.
Report highlights:
- Sixty mosquito pools tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) this week in twelve counties (additional tests pending). The number of positive pools this week is higher than the 5-year average. There has been a total of 193 WNV positive pools in 2024.
- There have been no human or animal cases of WNV reported in New Jersey in 2024.
- One mosquito pool tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) this week in Union County. Three mosquito pools have tested positive for EEE in 2024 in Cape May, Morris, and Union counties.
- New Jersey is reporting one human case of Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) in week 19 from Sussex County. There was 1 JCV case in New Jersey in 2023 from Sussex County.
- The number of travel-associated dengue cases is considerably higher in 2024 (52 cases) compared to the same timeframe in 2023 (16 cases), associated with outbreaks in several Latin American countries.
- The number of Lyme disease cases this week decreased and is below the average number reported this week in the past two years.
- In week 29, the number of tick-related ED visits continued to decrease and is consistent with the 5-year average. The highest number of visits continues to be in the central east region.
N.J. vector-borne disease data is available online and can be accessed on the “Fight the Bite N.J.” webpage.
Previous reports can be accessed anytime on our website.