MORE CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS OUTBREAKS IN TEXAS (638 hits)
YOUR NATIONAL NEWS AUGUST 2012 21st Day Dallas, TX
The CDC has issued serious waring of West Nile Virus this week indicating that areas cities across Texas are in leading growing cases of the West Nile Virius. The virus is spread by mosquitoes and with large population of the bugs spreading their biting humans. This latest outbreak has prompted cities in towns of Texas to take on a war-fare to defeat the mosquitoes by cleaning up any standing waters with repellants and poisoning. Reports indicates that the spread of outbreaks have highly incredible and increased. Public warning for Texans have been inhabited with taking precautions of being outside during peak hours of biting. At least 21 deaths have been attributed to virus, and at least 700 have become sick; but scientists are studying and combatting to discontinue it's spread. Mosquitoes are not born with the virus but is is contracted by biting birds infected with the virus as one report indicated. Indications of contraction of symptoms are known by headaches, chills and fever along with fatigue. Texas is known as the leader in the outbreaks but other cases included also Florida.