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West Nile Outbreaks Spreading in Texas and Illinois

Posted on August 17, 2012 By jim No Comments on West Nile Outbreaks Spreading in Texas and Illinois
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An outbreak of West Nile virus has engulfed Dallas County, with nearly 200
cases of human infection and 10 deaths, leading the mayor of Dallas to declare
a state of emergency and to authorize the first aerial spraying of a pesticide
in the city since 1966.

The high number of infections and deaths from the mosquito-borne disease
marks the nation’s worst outbreak of West Nile in a year that has already
logged a record number of cases across the country. The virus has become
endemic in the United States since the first outbreak in 1999.

An official with the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said the Dallas area outbreak was probably a harbinger
of a larger spread of the virus into other parts of the country. In Cook
County, Ill., which includes Chicago, human cases of infection rose steadily
this week, from 5 on Monday to 8 on Wednesday to 10 on Thursday, though no
deaths had been reported, the authorities said.

Texas officials say the statewide death toll so far is
17, the most West Nile-related fatalities of any state.

In a report, the CDC said that as of Tuesday, 693 cases
of infection had been reported nationwide. Louisiana had six deaths, according
to the report, and no other state had more than one.

“With this huge outbreak in Texas, the jury is still
out on what’s going to happen with the rest of the country,” said the official,
Dr. Lyle R. Petersen, director of the C.D.C.’s Division of Vector-borne
Infectious Diseases. “But in Chicago, we’ve already observed high numbers of
West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes. This is looking like a large regional
event.  We don’t know if the number of
cases is going to drastically increase, but we do expect more cases.”

And yet, as local and state officials have stepped up
their efforts to fight West Nile in the Dallas area, there has been a kind of
backlash, with many residents growing more concerned about the aerial spraying
than the virus itself.

More than 1,700 people signed an online petition on
Change.org calling on Dallas officials to stop the spraying, describing it as
ineffective, unsafe and harmful to insects like honeybees and ladybugs. A
number of other cities in Texas and around the country do aerial spraying to
reduce their mosquito populations ”” including New York, which recently sprayed
over Staten Island ”” but this is the first time Dallas is doing so in more than
45 years.

Though officials in Dallas describe the procedure as
safe and effective, they have added to some residents’ worries by advising
those concerned about exposure to avoid being outside, close their windows and
keep their pets inside while spraying occurs. “I think residents need to take
the precautions that they’re comfortable with,” said Frank Librio, a city
spokesman.

The aerial spraying was to begin Thursday at 10 p.m. in
a 106,000-acre section of the city and county, including the wealthy areas of
University Park and Highland Park. Twin-engine planes flying about 300 feet
above the ground will spread a pesticide called Duet to kill the adult mosquito
population.

Duet has been approved by the federal Environmental
Protection Agency for ground and aerial use in outdoor residential and
recreational areas, and it is similar to the pesticide the city has been using
as part of a truck-mounted spraying operation it began in June. The last time
Dallas conducted aerial spraying was in the summer of 1966, to combat an
outbreak of St. Louis encephalitis, a mosquito-borne infection. That outbreak
killed 14 people in the county.

The spraying operation this time is being led ”” and
paid for ”” by the state. More than half of the human cases of infection in the
United States this year are in Texas, which has confirmed more than 400 cases
statewide.

More planes are scheduled to spray Friday night and
possibly over the weekend. “The disease poses an immediate public health threat
to Dallas County,” Dr. David Lakey, the commissioner of the Texas Department of
State Health Services, said in a statement. “We need to use all possible tools,
including aerial spraying, to fight this outbreak.”

Five of the 10 deaths in the county occurred in Dallas,
the third-largest city in Texas, with a population of 1.2 million. Mayor
Michael S. Rawlings declared the state of emergency on Wednesday, one week
after officials issued a similar declaration for Dallas County. Dallas officials
have asked the state to spray the entire city.

Dr. Petersen with the C.D.C. said it was difficult to
say why the Dallas area has had such a severe outbreak, but he said that the
early spring and the hot summer were likely culprits, because heat affects
factors like mosquito abundance. Hot weather both increases the mosquito
population and causes more of the virus to build up in their salivary glands.

“That summer in New York City when it was discovered in
this country ”” 1999 ”” was a very hot summer,” Dr. Petersen said. “In 2002,
2003, when it was all over the U.S., it was abnormally hot. We had an early
spring and abnormally hot weather this year, so that could be a factor.”

A spokeswoman for the New York City health department,
Alexandra Waldhorn, said the city had only 3 cases so far, with only 11 in all
of last season.

At 10:16 p.m. in University Park, a low-flying plane
with two misty trails streaming behind it flew over James Smith, 41, who stood
with his girlfriend on a shop-lined street near Southern Methodist University.
He had no reservations about being outside.

“I think whatever the risk may be, if there’s any, it’s
outweighed by the risk of the mosquitoes that are infecting people,” he said. “There
are a lot of things out there that can kill you. I don’t think this is one of them.”

Source: Reuters

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