4th West Nile Death Recorded in MS

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Source: http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/mississippi/091709_3rd_West_Nile_Death_Recorded_in_MS

3rd West Nile Death Recorded in MS

Updated: Thursday, 17 Sep 2009, 6:28 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 17 Sep 2009, 6:22 PM CDT

* Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. - A third Mississippi resident has died of West Nile virus this season.

The Mississippi Department of Health reported the Lee County case on Thursday. So far, there have been 34 nonfatal cases of West Nile this year.

West Nile has been found in Clay, DeSoto, Forrest (6), Harrison (5), Hinds (4), Lamar, Lee (2), Leflore, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Rankin (3) and Washington (2) counties.

Two cases of St. Louis encephalitis have been reported in Forrest County.

In 2008, there were 65 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness in the state with three deaths.

 

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Re: 4th West Nile Death Recorded in MS

Source: http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/1644886.html

West Nile victim dies in Laflore County
The Associated Press

GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A family member says the only person in Leflore County officially diagnosed with West Nile virus this year, has died as a result of complications from the disease.

Mary Jane Faulkner tells The Greenwood Commonwealth her brother, 64-year-old Britt Thomas, died Wednesday at Greenwood Leflore Hospital.

Faulkner said Thomas was a longtime diabetic, and that condition likely contributed to his inability to recover from West Nile, which is a mosquito-borne virus.

She said Thomas is believed to have contracted West Nile on Aug. 4 while mowing his yard.

In 2008, Leflore County had four human cases of West Nile and one death, according to the Mississippi Department of Health's West Nile Web site.
Information from: The Greenwood Commonwealth, http://www.gwcommonwealth.com