Reasonable Rascal
08-04-02, 11:31
WEST NILE VIRUS, HUMANS - USA (LOUISIANA) (04): ALERT
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A ProMED-mail post
Date: 2 Aug 2002
From: ProMED-mail
Source: AP in New York Times, 2 Aug 2002 [edited]
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-West-Nile-Death.html>
Louisiana Declares West Nile Emergency
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The West Nile virus has infected 58 Louisiana residents, killing 4 & putting at least a dozen in the hospital, state officials said Friday. The
governor has declared an emergency.
The mosquito-borne virus has now been found in virtually every corner of the state, the Department of Health and Hospitals said. Of the 12 infected residents known to be hospitalized, 4 were in intensive care, the department said.
The deaths, the first this year in the United States, raised the national West Nile toll to 22 since 1999. The virus can cause the potentially
fatal brain inflammation known as encephalitis, as well as milder illnesses.
Gov. Mike Foster declared a statewide emergency, a move he said could help bring in federal money for parishes (the Louisiana term for counties) that
are spraying more heavily than usual to fight mosquitos.
Earlier this week, health officials confirmed that an 83-year-old Baton Rouge woman had died from West Nile. The latest deaths were a 53-year-old
man from Folsom, a 75-year-old man from Baton Rouge and a 72-year-old man from the town of Iowa in Calcasieu Parish.
Following an initial outbreak in southeastern Louisiana in June [2002], the virus has now spread to New Orleans in the far southeast, the Lake
Charles area in southwestern Louisiana and to the Monroe area in the northeast.
On the Net:
Centers for Disease Control West Nile virus page:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile>
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A ProMED-mail post
Date: 2 Aug 2002
From: ProMED-mail
Source: AP in New York Times, 2 Aug 2002 [edited]
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-West-Nile-Death.html>
Louisiana Declares West Nile Emergency
------------------------------------
The West Nile virus has infected 58 Louisiana residents, killing 4 & putting at least a dozen in the hospital, state officials said Friday. The
governor has declared an emergency.
The mosquito-borne virus has now been found in virtually every corner of the state, the Department of Health and Hospitals said. Of the 12 infected residents known to be hospitalized, 4 were in intensive care, the department said.
The deaths, the first this year in the United States, raised the national West Nile toll to 22 since 1999. The virus can cause the potentially
fatal brain inflammation known as encephalitis, as well as milder illnesses.
Gov. Mike Foster declared a statewide emergency, a move he said could help bring in federal money for parishes (the Louisiana term for counties) that
are spraying more heavily than usual to fight mosquitos.
Earlier this week, health officials confirmed that an 83-year-old Baton Rouge woman had died from West Nile. The latest deaths were a 53-year-old
man from Folsom, a 75-year-old man from Baton Rouge and a 72-year-old man from the town of Iowa in Calcasieu Parish.
Following an initial outbreak in southeastern Louisiana in June [2002], the virus has now spread to New Orleans in the far southeast, the Lake
Charles area in southwestern Louisiana and to the Monroe area in the northeast.
On the Net:
Centers for Disease Control West Nile virus page:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile>
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