Two additional Suffolk County residents have become ill with West Nile virus and one is still recovering in a rehabilitation facility, county health officials said Thursday.

This marks three reported human cases of the mosquito-borne virus so far this year in Suffolk. Nassau County has not reported any cases to date. Surveillance has found mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus throughout Long Island.

The virus is the most prevalent disease spread by mosquitoes in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms can range from body aches, fever and vomiting to severe illness such as encephalitis and meningitis.

The first case was a person under the age of 50 from the Town of Huntington.

The two recent cases, who were not identified,

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