West Nile virus cases just won’t decrease across the U.S.A. The disease spread by mosquitoes continues to be a danger for the population. New victims appeared in New Jersey as well as in the Coachella Valley and Clayton.

Apparently an Indio man has been diagnosed with West Nile virus and his situation was discussed at Tuesday's Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District meeting. Moreover, New Jersey State health officials announced that they have the two first human cases of the virus themselves: a 73-year-old man from Burlington County and a 65-year-old man in Middlesex County. Both were hospitalized but only the first one recovered completely. The men's names were not released. The news came after Burlington County officials said they located a fifth dead bird with the virus.

Although most people who are infected have no symptoms or seem to have a mild flu, the “classic” symptoms include a fever and headache, body aches and sometimes a rash and swollen lymph glands.

Humans and animals contract West Nile virus from bites of infected female mosquitoes, which contract it by feeding on birds that have the virus in their blood.

Central District Health Department officials recommend applying insect repellent containing DEET on exposed skin and clothing as well as avoiding exposure at dusk and dawn. Elderly people were asked to pay more attention, as they are more likely to develop severe complications, as their immune system is weakened.

Conditions for mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus are nearly ideal this year thanks to a number of factors, including a lack of severe cold weather last winter, large numbers of heavy rainstorms in the spring and early summer, and the region's dense population growth.