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SKIN • NAILS ■ COSMETICS ■ BATH & BODY • ACCESSORIES What a hooter Milissa Gentry • THE BATTALION Director Charli Rohack gives an injured Barred Owl a stretch at the Eyes of Texas Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release Thursday morning. The owl has a fractured leg and has suffered head trauma, causing partial eyesight failure. West Nile cases headed for record yeai By Daniel Yee THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The United States is headed for another record number of West Nile cases this year, with the total shooting up by more than a third in the past week alone, the gov ernment said Thursday. Nationwide, 4,137 human cases had been reported by Thursday, just 19 shy of last year’s total of 4,156, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. One rea son for the higher numbers is a widely available test to diag nose the virus, health officials have said. Despite the high number of infections, there '■have been far fewer deaths. So far, 80 have been reported; last year, 284 died from the virus. The number of reported infections climbed by more than 1,200 in the past week. But health officials said even that may be far lower than the num ber of actual cases, because many mild infections are not diagnosed as West Nile. Dr. Lyle Petersen, who heads the CDC’s studies of mosquito- borne diseases, said at a confer ence this week that about 100,000 Americans could get a nasty three-day bout of fever from the virus, and 500,000 peo ple could be infected in all, most showing no symptoms. Last week’s jump came at the peak of the season for the mos quito-spread virus. Dr. Raoult Ratard, state epi demiologist in Louisiana, said the number of reported cases is sure to grow, particularly in the South. “In Louisiana it grows until mid-November to early December,” he said. Louisiana has at least 52 cases and one death from the virus this year. On Thursday, CDC director Dr. Julie Gerberding said that two people this season have become infected with the virus through a blood transfusion. Last year, 23 people got the virus through the blood supply. “Our transfusion supply is far safer than it was a year ago,” she said. “But we’re still on the lookout for the occasional case that could slip through.” The nation’s blood suppliers have been screening for West Nile since July. Most of this year’s reported cases have been in the South and West, with more than a third from Colorado (1,542), fol lowed by 580 in South Dakota and 543 in Nebraska. The agency’s count may be lower than state figures, however, since there often is a lag time in reporting. Nevada and Oregon are the only states in the continental United States that have not yet reported signs of West Nile virus. The virus has quickly swept westward since 1999, when it was found for the first time in the Western Hemisphere, in New York City. The virus is passed by bites from mosquitoes that have fed WEST NILE WATCH Count nears record With more of the mosquito season to come in some states this year's count of human cases was 4,137 as of Thursday, nearing last year's record 4,156 Weekly reported human cases of West Nile virus July 3-9 1 10- 16 4 17-23 6 24-30 | 32 July 31-Aug. 6 |109 Aug. 7-13 ■! 240 14-20 Hi 322 21-27 HHi 727 Aug 28-Sept. 3 HHH 414 Sept. 4-10 I 11- 17 NOTE: One human case is not account for in the weekly tallies. SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on infected birds. A small fa lion of people infected beco® seriously ill with encephalitis meningitis. . Jantaslic 'Jam iftj ^Jan. Everyone loves new clothes! Don’t they? iH This laugh-filled children’s opera - about one hour in length - tells the tale of a gorgeous robe destined for royalty. Will the emperor like his new threads? 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