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Friday, September 19, 2003
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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
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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.
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