Crime & Safety
Montco Woman Contracts West Nile Virus
The 64-year-old Lafayette Hill resident became ill Aug. 19.
A a 64-year-old woman from Lafayette Hill, Whitemarsh Township has become sickened by West Nile virus, according to a Montgomery County official.
The woman, who lives about 20 minutes away from Hatboro and Horsham, is Montgomery County's first human case of the West Nile virus, which is spread through infected mosquitos.
The woman became ill on Aug. 19, said state DEP spokeswoman Lisa Kasianowitz. Citing privacy concerns, Kasianowitz declined to provide more information about the woman.
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Also unclear was the woman's medical condition. One of the 18 people to get West Nile virus in Pennsylvania this year, a Luzerne County man, has died.
A Lancaster County human case also was reported Monday, as were 44 positive tests in mosquito samples around the state.
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that mosquitos from Clearbrook Park on Clayton Drive had tested positive for West Nile virus.
Officials have said that since it was first detected more than a decade ago. Montgomery County reported no human cases of West Nile virus in 2011. Four were reported in 2010.
The Montgomery County Health Department's website provides a variety of West Nile virus tips and facts.
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