CEDAR PARK, Texas – Officials with the Williamson County and Cities Health District announced on Monday that a  sampling of mosquitoes collected from a trap location in Cedar Park has tested positive for West Nile virus.

The positive test was indicated in a lab result from the Texas Department of State Health Services lab in Austin.

Currently, there are no reported human cases of West Nile virus in Cedar Park. Williamson County has seen no reported human cases since 2016. In mid-July of this year, Austin Public Health confirmed a second human case of the West Nile virus.

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In 2017, there were 135 reported cases of West Nile illness in Texas resulting in six deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are no vaccines to prevent or treat West Nile virus. However, in most cases people who catch the virus never develop symptoms.

About one in five people who get the virus will develop a fever and other symptoms. About one in 150 infected people will develop a serious, occasionally fatal illness.