Summarized from ProMED-mail <http://www.promedmail.org> posting
20050702.1869, distributed July 2, 2005, subject: PRO/AH/EDR> West
Nile virus update 2005 - Western Hemisphere (05). All of the news
clippings were submitted to ProMed by Alfonso Rodriguez,
M.D.<ajrm_msds@yahoo.es>, 30 Jun 2005. ProMED-mail is now sponsored
in part by Elsevier, publisher of The International Journal of
Infectious Diseases <http://tinyurl.com/bj3md>.
[1] USA: California and Kansas, human cases
[2] USA: Arizona, human case
[3] USA (Colorado): 2 human cases
[4] USA (New Mexico): 2 human cases
[5] USA (Louisiana): infected bird
[1] USA: CALIFORNIA AND KANSAS, HUMAN CASES
Source: Sacbee News, Sacramento, California. Byline: Dorsey Griffith
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13153914p-13997641c.html>
A 47-year-old Tulare County [California] man has become the 1st
person in California to test positive for WNV in 2005, state health
officials announced late Wednesday. He sought medical care for fever
and headache in early June and is recovering, according to the state
Department of Health Services. [Tulare County is in California's
Central Valley, north of Bakersfield and south of Fresno.]
So far this year, WNV has been detected in 34 of California's 58
counties, mostly in dead birds. In 2004, CA logged 830 human cases of
the disease, including 28 deaths. Citing the region's mild winter,
excessive rainfall and warm weather, state health officials have
predicted that the virus will hit the Central Valley hard this year.
This is the 2nd human case reported in the nation for 2005, according
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. A Kansas
man died from the disease one week ago [see WNV-L posting Jun 26
2005].
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[2] USA: ARIZONA
Source: Tucson Citizen.com. June 30, 2005
<http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=063005a10_westnile>
A man in his 50s is the 1st human case of WNV confirmed in Arizona in
2005, Maricopa County health officials said
yesterday. The man was treated for mild symptoms and did not require
hospitalization. [Maricopa County is in the central part of the
State; Phoenix is the County Seat]
The man is from Mesa, but that doesn't necessarily mean he contracted
the disease there... Officials were sure, however, he contracted the
virus in Arizona,
There were 355 human cases of West Nile in 2004 in the county,
including 14 people who died.
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[3] USA: COLORADO, HUMAN CASES
Source: Loveland FYI, Colorado. June 30, 2005. Byline Felicia Jordan.
<http://www.lovelandfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=1112>
Two people from Larimer and Weld counties recently contracted WNV,
the 1st reported cases of the illness in Colorado in 2005,
according to state health officials. A 17-year-old Fort Collins boy
got sick on 5 Jun 2005, was hospitalized overnight, and has
recovered. A 50-year-old Weld County woman developed fever 24 May
2005 but was not hospitalized.
Colorado is the 3rd state this summer to report human infections.
Earlier this month, Kansas reported 2 cases, and South Dakota has
reported 3 cases in the past several days, Benevento said.
In 2004, Colorado had 291 reported human cases of WNV, including 4
deaths. The number had dropped significantly from
2003, when 2947 people got sick and 63 died.
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[4] USA: NEW MEXICO, HUMAN CASES
Source: KOBTV News, New Mexico. June 30, 2005. Byline Reed Upton.
<http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=20143&cat=ABQMETRO>
The New Mexico Health Department announced Thursday that it has
confirmed the 1st 2 cases of West Nile Virus in the state in 2005 a
44-year-old Bernalillo County man has contracted a mild form of the
infection, while a 37-year-old Valencia County man has been
hospitalized with a more invasive form of the disease.
Mosquito control officials in Dona Ana County have collected
mosquitoes in Sunland Park that tested positive for West Nile.
In 2003, New Mexico experienced its 1st case of West Nile Virus in
May and ended the year with a total of 209 laboratory-confirmed
cases. In 2004 the disease was also first confirmed in May, but there
were only 88 confirmed cases.
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[5] USA: LOUISIANA
Source: KATC 3, Louisiana. June 30, 2005
<http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3543070>
Another bird in Ouachita Parish has tested positive for WNV. The
board of the parish's mosquito abatement agency met to approve a bid
for aerial spraying. Director Cole Church says mosquito counts this
season have been relatively low, but they're taking no chances.
Church says a stronger insecticide is being used this year to further
reduce the mosquito population.
The mosquito abatement district monitors how well the insecticides
are working every year. Church says this year the insecticide wasn't
working quite as well as the board had hoped so the dosage was
increased.
The board also talked about hiring a new biologist for the mosquito
abatement office. So far in 2005 no human cases of West Nile have
been reported, but birds and mosquitoes carrying the virus show up
year-round in Louisiana.
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