West Nile virus hitting peak season
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August and September mark the peak season for West Nile virus in humans and New Jersey health officials are urging residents to remain vigilant in guarding against mosquitoes carrying the deadly disease.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The number of reported cases of West Nile virus in California has jumped 32 percent since Tuesday to 249, state health officials said Friday.
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Public health officials view the discovery of two more samples of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus in McLean County as a warning.
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LOS ANGELES Health officials say California has surpassed Arizona as the state with the highest number of human cases of the West Nile virus.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting another case of West Nile disease, the state&#39;s 25th. An 48-year-old man from DuPage County became ill in mid-August with West Nile fever, but did not require hospital treatment.
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LOS ANGELES California recorded its 18th death from the West Nile virus this week but health officials say the virus&#39; spread appears to be slowing.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Cooler temperatures, frequent rains and greater public awareness resulted in a big drop in the number of West Nile virus infections in Indiana residents this summer, state health officials said.
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State officials said a second human case of West Nile virus has been diagnosed in Virginia this year. A spokesman for the state Department of Health said the man, who is in his 70s, is in the hospital but is expected to recover.
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West Nile virus likely is here to stay, apparently more so in Gulf Coast states than elsewhere. Following is a state-by-state listing of the number of neuroinvasive cases of West Nile virus -- cases of encephalitis
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Seventythree year old Jean Primeaux became gravely ill from the West Nile virus. She says it came on suddenly last August. &quot;We cooked dinner on a Sunday and our family all came to eat and they left and my husband said, he was going to wash the dishes.
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Experts believe the cool summer weather may be responsible for the slow spread of West Nile Virus in Canada this year. There have been only 25 human cases this year, and no deaths.
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The number of reported cases of West Nile virus in California has jumped 32 percent since Tuesday to 249, state health officials said Friday.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. Sept. 12, 2004 - A year after Pennsylvania experienced a surge in West Nile cases, the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne virus appear to be headed back down.
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Octoberâs unseasonably warm and wet weather ushered in Matagorda Countyâs first reported case of West Nile virus in an area horse.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Public health officials on the Prairies are already preparing for next year&#39;s West Nile virus season, even though they&#39;re perplexed by the way the disease performed this year.
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Experts are warning that even though there were relatively few cases of West Nile virus in Illinois the last two years, the virus may again hit hard as it did in 2002, when the state led the nation in human cases of the disease.
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West Nile virus, an-encephalitis-like illness carried through the bite of mosquitoes, was the scourge of America&#39;s east coast a few short years ago.