Two Philadelphians have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, health department says
Both Philadelphia patients had developed a serious neurological condition, a rare side effect of the virus that occurs in less than 1% of patients.
A Culex pipien mosquito specimen, the type of mosquito that carries the West Nile virus, in the insect collection at the Field Museum in Chicago. Philadelphia recently reported its first cases of West Nile in humans in 2024.Read moreE. Jason Wambsgans / MCT
