West Nile Virus causes a third death in North Texas
Howard West, 84, died from the West Nile virus in North Carolina. WRAL reports.
A West Nile virus epidemic has prompted a public health emergency in Dallas County, Texas, where the disease has killed nine people, a judge declared Friday.
The United States is experiencing its biggest spike in West Nile virus since 2004, with 241 cases of the disease reported nationwide this year so far, including four deaths, health officials said.
I heard that someone in my area died recently of West Nile virus. I try to avoid mosquito bites but sometimes still get bitten. What symptoms would I expect if I have the infection?
The West Nile virus has killed three people in Romania, the Romanian Health Ministry said Monday.
West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
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West Nile virus
updated: Wed Jun 25 2008 11:08:00
Will this summer bring more cases of West Nile Virus? CNN's Judy Fortin reports in this Health Minute.
His enemies number in the billions around the globe and are a swift and elusive opponent. But his job is to seek them out where they live and, in the process, protect a menagerie of exotic animals.
Federal health authorities said Tuesday they have diagnosed the first human case of illness caused by the West Nile virus this year in the United States.
It's probably faster to list where the West Nile virus isn't than where it is. The mosquito-borne malady has nearly circled the globe since its 1937 discovery in Africa. North America is one of its latest conquests.
An intricate microbial dance between mosquitoes and birds plays a key role in the spread of the West Nile virus, as well as its transmission to humans, pets and wildlife, experts say.
News about West Nile virus often grabs the headlines, but comparing the disease to other mosquito-borne illnesses is like comparing the insect to an elephant.
Leona Thrower felt exhausted, but she blamed it on recent travel. Then came the nausea. Four days later, the 67-year-old lay comatose in intensive care, battling encephalitis caused by West Nile virus.
The pace of this year's epidemic of West Nile virus infection in humans appears to be outstripping last year's, with Arizona home to the largest number of cases, according to recent federal figures.
With summer waiting around the corner and mosquitoes beginning to buzz, the United States is poised for a third epidemic year of West Nile virus, experts warn.
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