MARYLAND (DC News Now) -- The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus for 2025 after a Central Maryland resident tested positive for the illness.

The patient, who is an adult, is recovering from the infection, officials said in their Friday announcement. The first confirmed case came about a month after a mosquito in the Bowie area tested positive for the virus, prompting crews to spray several area neighborhoods with insecticide.

West Nile virus, which was first detected in the U.S. in 1999, is transmitted to humans via mosquitoes that have been infected by feeding on birds carrying the virus. Health officials say that 80% of people infected will not show any symptoms, but those with underlying health conditions can become "seriously i

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