Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Two people test positive for West Nile
Updated: Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - Dr. Bernard Eichold, Mobile County Health Officer, has been notified of laboratory results indicating two confirmed cases of human West Nile virus (WNV). One case was in the Theodore area. The other was in the Citonelle area. These are the first human cases reported in Mobile County this year.
Dr. Eichold says people should assume that there are mosquitoes in their communities that are infectious for diseases such as WNV or other forms of mosquito-borne encephalitis such as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and St. Louis encephalitis (SLE). He also says that the risk of encephalitis spread by mosquitoes is highest from August through the first freeze in the fall.
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Updated: Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - Dr. Bernard Eichold, Mobile County Health Officer, has been notified of laboratory results indicating two confirmed cases of human West Nile virus (WNV). One case was in the Theodore area. The other was in the Citonelle area. These are the first human cases reported in Mobile County this year.
Dr. Eichold says people should assume that there are mosquitoes in their communities that are infectious for diseases such as WNV or other forms of mosquito-borne encephalitis such as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and St. Louis encephalitis (SLE). He also says that the risk of encephalitis spread by mosquitoes is highest from August through the first freeze in the fall.
story continues at;
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/two-people-test-positive-for-west-nile