What You Need To Know
Please find below the NJDOH vector-borne surveillance report for week 43.
Report highlights:
- NJDOH is reporting one additional human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) from Camden County. To date, there have been 35 reported WNV cases, including six deaths and six presumptive viremic donors (PVDs) including one that met the case definition. Ninety-one percent of WNV cases were hospitalized. An additional 3 mosquito pools tested positive for WNV since last report, including 3 this week (additional tests pending) for a total of 987 WNV positive pools in 2024.
- No new human or animal cases of Eastern Equine encephalitis (EEE) or mosquito detections are reported this week. To date, there has been one human EEE case from Atlantic County and four horses from Atlantic, Ocean (2), and Salem counties that tested positive for EEE. There has been a total of 17 EEE positive mosquito pools in 2024.
- NJDOH is reporting one additional positive mosquito pool for Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) in Monmouth County. To date, there has been one human case of JCV in Sussex County and detections in four mosquito pools in Cumberland and Monmouth counties.
- Seven additional travel-associated dengue cases are reported this week, for a total of 109 travel-associated dengue cases in 2024. Cases are associated with outbreaks in several Latin American countries.
- The number of Lyme disease cases and the number of tick-related emergency department visits decreased slightly this week and remain lower than average.
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.