What You Need To Know
Please find below the NJDOH vector-borne surveillance report for week 30.
Report highlights:
- New Jersey is reporting two human cases of WNV in week 27 from Middlesex and Union counties. In addition, there is a report of one viremic blood donor (PVD) reported in week 29 from Somerset County.
- Sixty mosquito pools tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) this week in 11 counties (additional tests pending). The number of positive pools this week is higher than the 5-year average. There has been a total of 286 WNV positive pools in 2024.
- Three mosquito pools have tested positive for EEE in 2024 in Cape May, Morris, and Union counties.
- One human case of Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) was reported in week 19 from Sussex County. There was 1 JCV case reported in 2023 also from Sussex County.
- The number of travel-associated dengue cases is considerably higher in 2024 (57 cases) compared to the same timeframe in 2023 (18 cases), associated with outbreaks in several Latin American countries.
- The number of Lyme disease cases this week continued to decrease and is below the average number reported this week in the past two years. The number of several other tickborne diseases is lower this year than expected.
- In week 30, the number of tick-related ED visits continued to decrease and is lower than 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.