West Nile Virus Spreading Quickly in U.S., But No Human Cases in Gwinnett
In an update this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced 1,118 cases nationally through the third week of August. Mosquitoes have been found with the virus in at least two Atlanta-area counties.
The West Nile virus has been spotted in mosquitoes in at least two Metro Atlanta counties recently, and the CDC says more human cases across the national have been reported this year than ever before. In a statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 1,118 human cases, the highest number reported through this point in the year since the disease hit the United States in 1999. The cases resulted in 41 deaths. To date there have not been any confirmed West Nile virus cases in humans said Karen Shields, spokeswoman for the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments, or GNRHD. Although Gwinnett County's epidemiology division investigates reports of West Nile virus in humans, the health department no …
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