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September 12, 2007
Dangerous virus detected in mosquitoes
Associated Press
September 12, 2007
State officials are warning residents in four northern Indiana counties that they are at risk of contracting a rare mosquito-borne virus that often proves deadly.
The Indiana Board of Animal Health says a horse in Elkhart County has been diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis and that recent rains are breeding mosquitoes that carry the virus.
State officials say Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, and St. Joseph County residents should try to eliminate mosquito breeding areas and wear insect repellent or long pants and sleeves outside.
Although the virus is rare, health officials say about 30 percent of people who develop the disease may die and about half of those who survive the illness face permanent neurological woes.
Dangerous virus detected in mosquitoes
Associated Press
September 12, 2007
State officials are warning residents in four northern Indiana counties that they are at risk of contracting a rare mosquito-borne virus that often proves deadly.
The Indiana Board of Animal Health says a horse in Elkhart County has been diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis and that recent rains are breeding mosquitoes that carry the virus.
State officials say Elkhart, LaGrange, LaPorte, and St. Joseph County residents should try to eliminate mosquito breeding areas and wear insect repellent or long pants and sleeves outside.
Although the virus is rare, health officials say about 30 percent of people who develop the disease may die and about half of those who survive the illness face permanent neurological woes.