The Porter County Health Department announced Tuesday that West Nile virus was detected in a pool of water in Porter County. The Indiana Department of Health mosquito-borne illness dashboard shows that eight of 40 pools tested were positive for the disease.

Seventy-eight Indiana counties have had 511 pools test positive this year, with seven human cases reported. Lake County has had nine positive pools and LaPorte County has had one.

Most infected with the disease will not exhibit symptoms, but mild symptoms include: fever, headache, body aches, swollen lymph glands, or a rash. More serious forms of the disease can affect the nervous system, including inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, muscle paralysis, or death, according to the health department.

People over 60 and those with

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