US: Alarming increase seen in West Nile cases
The seasonal and unpredictable nature of the infection makes it difficult to test any potential treatment or vaccine. Last week, officials in Dallas County in Texas began spraying insecticide from airplanes to curb the worst outbreak of West Nile virus that Dallas has ever seen. With no options for treating or preventing the disease, officials hope to prevent more people from contracting the potentially fatal illness, which is transmitted through mosquito bites.
US: Alarming increase seen in West Nile cases
(AP) — U.S. health officials on Wednesday reported an alarming increase in the number of West Nile cases reported so far this year, and one expert called it "one of the worst" outbreaks ...
Wed 22 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
Few Options in the West Nile Fight
The seasonal and unpredictable nature of the infection makes it difficult to test any potential treatment or vaccine. Last week, officials in Dallas County in Texas began spraying insecticide ...
Sun 19 Aug 12 from MIT Technology Review
Threatwatch: West Nile – what is the actual risk?
West Nile virus is rampaging through Europe and North America, but how dangerous is this virus, and could a minor bout of the disease be a good thing?
Fri 17 Aug 12 from Newscientist
West Nile Virus: The Stranger That Came To Stay
Fri 17 Aug 12 from Discover Magazine
Texas outbreak of West Nile virus prompts aerial spraying
Aircraft have begun spraying pesticide over parts of Dallas, Texas to combat an outbreak of mosquito-borne West Nile Virus blamed for 17 deaths this year, authorities said Friday.
Fri 17 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
West Nile virus hits Texas
The city of Dallas, Texas, declared a state of emergency this week in what has become the year’s worst outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States. So far, there have been 700 cases ...
Fri 17 Aug 12 from Nature News Blogs
To fight West Nile, Dallas launches aerial defense
(AP) — Dallas County launched an aerial assault on the mosquito population for the first time in 45 years Thursday to combat the nation's worst outbreak of West Nile virus, which has killed ...
Fri 17 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
US city declares West Nile outbreak emergency
(AP) — Ten deaths and more than 200 cases of the West Nile virus in northern Texas have become the worst U.S. outbreak this year, leading the Dallas mayor to order the city's first aerial ...
Thu 16 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
West Nile virus kills 16 in Texas, sickens hundreds
The US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with at least 16 deaths being blamed on the mosquito-borne disease, authorities said.
Wed 15 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
Dallas-fort worth brace for West Nile spraying
(HealthDay) -- The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area -- the epicenter of the nation's worst outbreak of West Nile virus this year -- could see aerial spraying of insecticides as early as Thursday ...
Tue 14 Aug 12 from Medical Xpress
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