Illinois&#39; West Nile Cases Top 2003
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Confirmation of two new cases of West Nile disease in Illinois has brought the 2004 total to 56 cases of the mosquito-borne illness, two more than 2003.
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In five years, West Nile virus has crawled and leaped and exploded across the country&#39;s landscape, killing more than 600 people.
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A 53-year-old Elgin man contracted the West Nile virus, the second human case in Kane County this year, the health department reported Wednesday.
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Elgin County has detected its first probable human case of West Nile virus. The Elgin-St. Thomas health unit said yesterday a 59-year-old Aylmer man is recovering at home after four days in a London hospital.
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_ An 83-year-old man from Westchester has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first human case recorded in the county this year, the county health commissioner said Wednesday.
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Two Salem Township horses tested positive for West Nile virus earlier this month and another dead bird was confirmed to have had the virus Monday, according to Washtenaw County public health officials.
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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.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced on Monday that a mosquito sample from Thompson Township has tested positive for West Nile virus.
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The county&#39;s assistant health officer confirms that blood tests from a 56-year-old man recovering from meningitis indicate that he has been infected with West Nile.
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A 51-year-old northern Illinois woman has been confirmed as the 24th case of West Nile disease in the state this year, public health officials said.
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The West Nile virus has taken a firm hold in California, killing 14 people this summer and infecting almost 500, health officials said on Friday.
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A third Churchill County resident has tested positive for West Nile virus and three more &quot;probable&quot; cases have been reported, state health officials said Friday.
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ROCHESTER, NY -- Cases of West Nile virus plummeted in New York state in 2004, health officials said. The mosquito-borne illness prompted some panic when it first hit America in 1999, but drew little attention this year in New York.
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The first case of the West Nile Virus for 2004 was recently confirmed in a horse in the northern part of St. Francois County. The confirmed case makes St.
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JACKSONVILLE, NC -- An elderly man from Onslow County has been diagnosed with this year&#39;s first case of West Nile virus. Health officials say the man is in his 70s and is recovering after he was discharged this week from Onslow Memorial Hospital.
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BALTIMORE -- Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus may have claimed two possible cases in Baltimore so far this year, WBAL-TV 11 News reporter Lisa Robinson reported.
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The number of Arizonans infected with the West Nile virus jumped Thursday after weeks of dwindling increases, health officials said Thursday.