What You Need To Know
Please find attached the NJDOH vector-borne surveillance report for week 32.
Report highlights:
- One additional West Nile virus (WNV) human case was reported from week 30 in Bergen County. To date, there are three human cases of WNV from Bergen, Middlesex, and Union counties and two presumptive viremic blood donors (PVDs) from Passaic and Somerset counties. Sixty-two mosquito pools tested positive for WNV this week in 11 counties (additional tests pending) for a total of 513 WNV positive pools in 2024. Three red-tailed hawks tested positive for WNV in week 28 in Essex and Morris counties.
- To date, one human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) was reported in week 27 from Atlantic County. This is the first reported human case of EEE in the state since 2019. One horse tested positive for EEE in week 31 from Atlantic County. There has been a total of 6 EEE positive pools in 2024.
- To date, one human case of Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) was reported in week 19 from Sussex County and JCV has been detected in two mosquito pools in Cumberland County.
- The number of travel-associated dengue cases is higher in 2024 (62 cases) compared to the same timeframe in 2023 (26 cases), associated with outbreaks in several Latin American countries.
- The number of Lyme disease cases this week increased but 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 32, the number of tick-related ED visits remained level and is lower than the 5-year average. The highest number of visits were in the northwest 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.