Is West Nile Meningitis Contagious?

The West Nile virus is not contagious. It cannot be transmitted from person to person. Humans are called a “dead-end” host for the virus, meaning one that can be infected but whose immune system usually prevents the virus from multiplying enough to be passed back to mosquitoes and then spread to other hosts. Read more about West Nile Meningitis.

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