West Nile virus is not a disease transmitted from person to person. Instead, mosquitoes become infected after feeding on the blood of birds or other animals carrying the virus. They spread the disease to humans with their bite, which becomes most potent in early fall. That's why the disease rate climbs so rapidly through the period.
About one in every five people infected with the West Nile virus develops symptoms including headaches, fever, fatigue, nausea and a skin rash.
Mosquitoes generally rank No. 1 on every gardener's bite parade, but humans are prey animals for other insects, too, including black flies (gnats), deer flies, chiggers, no-see-ums, yellow jackets and wasps and ticks.read more
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