West Nile virus

Tel Aviv resident diagnosed with West Nile fever, first case in summer 2026, Health Ministry says

The Health Ministry confirmed Israel’s first West Nile fever case of 2026, while officials said the location where the Tel Aviv resident was infected remains unconfirmed.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Macro close up of a yellow fever mosquito sucking blood on skin.
Macro close up of a yellow fever mosquito sucking blood on skin.

Effective strategies for eradicating West Nile Virus in Israel and beyond

West Nile-infected mosquitoes have been captured between the southern coastline of Israel, and as far south as Eilat.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Asian Tiger Mosquito, Maryland, United States

First West Nile virus, now Dengue fever plagues Israel in second mosquito-borne outbreak

An expert explained to Maariv that a mosquito subspecies that can transmit the disease is already present in Israel, and climate change will bring the spread of fever closer

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in a lab at the Fiocruz institute on January 26, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.

At least 100 Israelis infected with West Nile virus, most patients concentrated in central Israel

For the most part, the virus is considered a mild disease, but in some cases, it causes severe morbidity and even death.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL

Did climate change cause this year's early West Nile Virus outbreak?

Climate change is likely the culprit for mosquitoes arriving earlier, as warming temperatures were seen to impact diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in other places.

MAY 28, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through the

West Nile virus found in mosquitoes throughout Israel

Since the beginning of the year, one person has died of the virus and two others have been hospitalized in serious condition.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through the

West Nile virus reaches Israel, worrying health experts

Dr. Hamza Habib Allah, Senior Coordinator for Pest Control at the Environmental Protection Ministry, highlighted the danger of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus.

AUGUST 14, 2022ByMAARIV ONLINE
Culex pipiens pipiens, a common carrier of West Nile virus

Target on your back? Here are 5 reasons why mosquitoes bite you

The current summer is hotter than ever and that means lots of sweat and humidity. It also means a lot of mosquitoes. So why do they bite you and not others? Here are five reasons.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByWALLA!
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through the

Mosquitoes have arrived in Arava and Eilat with West Nile virus

There is currently no vaccine against the West Nile virus, but most people who get infected don't experience symptoms. Here is everything you need to know.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A vector control team vehicle displays a sign warning of West Nile Virus before the early morning spraying of a neighborhood due to increasing numbers of mosquitoes having tested positive for West Nile virus in San Diego, California, US May 18, 2016.

West Nile virus resurfaces in Dead Sea and Gilboa river

Every summer, the ministry conducts tests on mosquitos in various regions of Israel, checking which harmful viruses they may carry that could lead to dangerous outbreaks.

AUGUST 8, 2021ByHADAS LABRISCH
A view from the highway of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the planet

Mosquitoes infected with West Nile Fever virus found in northern Israel

The West Nile Fever is not contagious and can only be transmitted to a person bitten by an infected mosquito.

JUNE 24, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through thei

West Nile Virus found in northern West Bank, near Dead Sea

The mosquitoes were found in the Beit Aryeh and Peduel settlements in the West Bank and in Beit HaArava and Kalya near the northern Dead Sea.

NOVEMBER 29, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through thei

Mosquitos with West Nile virus identified in Israel's North and South

The ministry called for citizens to take precautions to avoid contracting the virus, especially considering the strain that the coronavirus pandemic has placed on Israel’s healthcare system.

OCTOBER 1, 2020ByEVE YOUNG
A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is seen on the skin of a human host in this 2014 picture from the Center for Disease Control. C. quinquefasciatus is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the arboviral encephalitis, West Nile virus (WNV) to human beings through thei