[Terry Mross]

Thanks for the info. I’m hoping I don’t have it.

[trisham]

I hope so too.

This part…

"The more severe outcomes of WNV infection are clearly associated with advancing age[27] and a patient history of organ transplantation[28] and diabetes[citation needed]."

makes sense to me, so if you are not in one of, or more than one of these groups, the odds go up, and possibly way up. Best wishes to you.

[trisham]

I should have said that the odds of you *not* getting it if you are not a member of those groups go up, and possibly way up.

My husband has diabetes, so if exposed he is more at risk. We do have West Nile here in Massachusetts, although I believe that all of the cases that have been identified have been quite a ways east of here.