The Utah County Health Department has confirmed a human case of West Nile virus, the first in the county since 2017.
Several people around the state have been infected with West Nile virus this summer — in Salt Lake, Grand, Uintah and Washington counties. There have been no fatalities.
Symptoms of West Nile appear 3 to 14 days after a bite from an infected mosquito. The symptoms include fever, headache and body aches, according to the health department. Severe infections — which can result in debilitating long-term complications or death — may bring high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, tremors and convulsions.