The previously identified case occurred in a Kennebec County resident in early June. The individual required hospitalization, but has since recovered. The most recent cases occurred in a Franklin County resident and a New Hampshire resident, according to WMTW News 8.
The Jamestown Canyon virus is an arbovirus similar to West Nile. Arboviruses often incite fever and flu-like illness and can result in the onset of encephalitis or meningitis.
Jamestown Canyon virus is a relatively rare diseases carried by several mosquito species, including those present in Maine. Humans can contract the virus via mosquito bites. The virus can not be spread by human-to-human or animal-to-human contact, according to the Maine CDC.
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