Crows test positive for West Nile virus Published 6/5/2003 1:02 PM
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LINCOLN, Neb., June 5 (UPI) -- Health officials in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois are stepping up mosquito abatement efforts after dead crows tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Washington County taking no new precautions after West Nile virus found in Benton County BY EMILY HUGHES Northwest Arkansas Times
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Saturday, June 7, 2003
The second case this year of West Nile virus in Arkansas was confirmed in Benton County Thursday. A Benton County resident submitted a dead blue jay infected with the virus to the Benton County Health Department, officials said. "We’re not very surprised about that," said Anne Wright, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Health. "We’re alert, but we’re not alarmed."
This was the first bird in the state killed by the virus. Arkansas’ first case of the year, a horse in Sebastian County, was discovered to be infected May 13.
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AND here is YET another virus:
West Nile wasn't cause of man's illness State epidemiologist looking into a related virus
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By TOM PAULSON SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
The Franklin County man identified as possibly Washington's first human West Nile virus case is not, it turns out. But he may be the first case of St. Louis encephalitis here since 1972.
"They are related viruses with similar fatality rates," said Dr. Jo Hofmann, lead epidemiologist for the state Department of Health.