Connecticut Confirms First Human Case of West Nile Virus in 2026

CT Reports First Human Case of West Nile Virus This Year

A Middlesex County man in his 30s is the first person in Connecticut this year with a confirmed West Nile virus-related illness, health officials said.

Connecticut confirms first human case of West Nile virus in 2026

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Thursday the first human case of West Nile virus this year. The infected person was identified as a man from Middlesex County between 30 and 39 years old. The public health department said he got sick the first week of August with the [...]

Connecticut reports first human case of West Nile virus this year, DPH says

In this photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito, also known as the southern house mosquito, sits on a person’s skin before taking a blood meal in 2022.