Three days later, Dr. Petersen began to feel extremely fatigued. He developed a fever and a severe headache, and his muscles began to ache. I was in bed for a week, said Dr. Petersen, the director of the division of vector-borne diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Most people recover within a few days, but some continue to experience extreme exhaustion for weeks to months. In rare cases, the illness can lead to severe neurological disease, causing paralysis, meningitis, and brain damage.
About 1 in 10 people who develop these neurological problems die from the disease.
The virus is largely carried by Culex mosquitoes in the United States. Female mosquitoes spread the virus when they bite a bird infected with the virus and then bite a person.
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