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    Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

    woensdag 22 augustus 2012 | 2

    WASHINGTON - De Verenigde Staten kampen met een uitbraak van het gevaarlijke West-Nijlvirus. Dit jaar zijn tot op heden meer dan 1100 mensen ziek geworden en 41 mensen gestorven, meldden de gezondheidsautoriteiten woensdag.

    Meestal ligt het aantal ziektegevallen veel lager rond deze tijd van het jaar. Experts zeggen tegen CNN dat er nog veel meer zieken bijkomen omdat de piek wordt verwacht in september. Bijna de helft van alle gevallen zijn gemeld in de staat Texas. Het virus is inmiddels in 47 staten aangetroffen.

    Het virus stak in 1999 voor het eerst de kop op in de Verenigde Staten. Het van oorsprong Afrikaanse West-Nijlvirus wordt overgebracht door muggen. Een infectie kan in sommige gevallen tot hersenvliesontsteking leiden.

    de Gelderlander

    West Nile Virus Kills 41 People In Biggest U.S. Outbreak

    By Alex Nussbaum and Romaine Bostick - Aug 22, 2012


    West Nile virus has killed 41 people in the U.S. and infected 1,118 in the biggest outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease since it was first confirmed in the country 13 years ago.

    Through Aug. 21, the number of West Nile cases had increased 55 percent over last year’s total, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Lyle Petersen said today on a conference call with reporters. While the illnesses have been reported in 47 states, most of the cases have been concentrated in five -- Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota and Oklahoma -- with more than half in Texas alone.

    More: Bloomberg
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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    Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

    Record aantal West Nijl Koorts infecties in de VS

    Nog nooit was het aantal pati?nten met een infectie van het West Nijl Virus zo hoog in de VS.

    Naar verwachting zal het aantal nog verder stijgen.

    Tot nu toe zijn 1590 gevallen officieel gemeld, 66 mensen zijn overleden.

    U.S. cases of West Nile virus set record, deaths rise: CDC

    Wed Aug 29, 2012

    (Reuters) - A total of 1,590 cases of West Nile virus, including 66 deaths, were reported through late August this year in the United States, the highest human toll by that point in the calendar since the mosquito-borne disease was first detected in the country in 1999, health officials said on Wednesday.

    The toll is increasing quickly. "We think the numbers will continue to rise," said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.

    More: Reuters
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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      Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

      Meer dan 2000 besmettingen en 90 doden in de VS door Westnijl Virus

      5 september 2012

      Het aantal patienten met een Westnijl infectie is met 25% gestegen de afgelopen week.

      In totaal is de ziekte vastgesteld bij 2.118 mensen in 44 staten, 92 zijn overleden. Texas is de meest getroffen staat, met 1.013 besmettingen en 40 sterfgevallen.

      De verwachting is, dat tot in oktober mensen besmet zullen worden met het virus.


      Record 2,118 cases of West Nile virus reported

      Health officials report record numbers of West Nile virus this year, 2,118 cases and 92 deaths as of Wednesday, a jump of 25% from last week.

      Cases will continue "probably into October," said Lyle Petersen, director of the division of vector-borne infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This is the highest number of cases reported to CDC through the first week in September since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States."

      There have been human cases in 44 states. The mosquito-borne disease is hitting Texas hardest, with 1,013 cases and 40 deaths ? nine more than last week.

      More: USA Today
      ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
      Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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      • #4
        Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

        Ook Canada ontkomt niet aan de muggen met het Westnijl virus

        In Canada zijn tot 25 augustus 113 pati?nten gemeld met een Westnijl infectie.

        Dat is net zoveel als het totaal aantal in het jaar 2011. Dus ook in Canada een stijging, want we zijn er nog niet dit jaar.

        De meeste gevallen doen zich voor in de oostelijke helft van Canada: Manitoba, Ontario en Quebec.

        Het virus circuleert in muggen, vogels en paarden.

        bron: PAHC
        ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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        • #5
          Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

          Kaarten Westnijl virus in de VS



          bron: CDC, thanks to Mike Coston
          ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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          • #6
            Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

            Aantal doden Westnijl Virus in de VS loopt op tot 118

            13 september 2012

            Het aantal patienten en aantal sterfgevallen aan het Westnijl Virus is in de afgelopen week gestegen met 35%.

            118 mensen zijn inmiddels overleden, het aantal geregistreerde patienten is opgelopen van 1.993 tot 2.636, waarvan 53% "neuroinvasieve" verschijnselen vertoont. (met name hersen(vlies)onstekingen).

            Men denkt dat nu de piek van de uitbraak is bereikt, al zullen de meldingen van nieuwe patienten nog enkele weken doorgaan.


            West Nile virus deaths up 35% in US

            13 September 2012

            WASHINGTON: Deaths linked to the West Nile virus jumped 35 per cent in the United States over the past week, amid one of the worst US outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease, officials said on Wednesday.

            As of Tuesday, a total of 118 fatalities have been blamed on West Nile virus infections since the beginning of the year, up from 87 on September 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of cases rose to 2,636 from 1,993 during the same time frame, a 32 per cent increase.

            "The 2,636 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the second week in September since 2003," the agency said on its website.

            The virus was first detected in the United States in 1993. This year could see a record of cases deemed neuroinvasive, or capable of penetrating the central nervous system -- currently 1,405, or 53 per cent, are classified as such.

            Two thirds of the cases have been reported from six states -- Texas, Louisiana, South Dakota, Mississippi, Michigan and Oklahoma. 40 per cent of all cases are concentrated in Texas, according to the CDC.

            The soaring number could be due to a relatively mild winter, an early spring and hot summer.

            Channelnewsasia
            ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
            Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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            • #7
              Re: Uitbraak West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

              VS melden meer dan 3500 infecties met het Westnijl Virus, incl. 147 sterfgevallen

              Meer dan de helft van de pati?nten had neuroinvasieve verschijnselen: hersen - of hersenvliesontsteking.

              Sinds 2003 is het aantal infecties nog nooit zo hoog geweest.

              Wellicht heeft het te maken met de extreem warme zomer dit jaar in de VS.

              CDC West Nile Virus Update ? September 25, 2012


              A total of 3,545 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 147 deaths, have been reported to CDC.

              | October 2, 2012

              As of September 25, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. A total of 3,545 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 147 deaths, have been reported to CDC. Of these, 1,816 (51%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease (such as meningitis or encephalitis) and 1,729 (49%) were classified as non-neuroinvasive disease.

              The 3,545 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the last week in September since 2003. Seventy percent of the cases have been reported from eight states (Texas, Mississippi, South Dakota, Michigan, California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Illinois) and 38 percent of all cases have been reported from Texas.

              Click here to view the latest map and data from CDC.

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              • #8
                Re: Record aantal patienten en sterfgevallen aan West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

                Record aantal patienten en sterfgevallen aan West-Nijlvirus in Verenigde Staten

                Mede in relatie met hogere temperaturen vorig jaar, noteerde de VS in 2012 een record aantal patienten (5.674) en sterfgevallen (286) aan het West Nijlvirus.

                Het virus wordt verspreid via muggen en vogels.


                May 13, 2013

                CDC: Final 2012 West Nile tally: 5,674 cases, 286 deaths

                US states confirmed 5,674 cases of West Nile virus (WNV) disease last year, the highest since 2003, and 286 WNV deaths, the most ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today as it released its final 2012 surveillance data.

                Of the cases reported in the contiguous 48 states, 2,873 (51%) were classified as the more serious neuroinvasive form, which includes manifestations such as meningitis, encephalitis, and acute flaccid paralysis. Texas accounted for a third (1,868) of all WNV cases, and 62% of cases were concentrated in seven states: California, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas.

                "Last summer's outbreak likely resulted from many factors, including higher-than-normal temperatures that influenced mosquito and bird abundance, the replication of the virus in its host mosquitoes, and interactions of birds and mosquitoes in hard-hit areas," the CDC said in a news release via e-mail.

                The agency said the best way to prevent WNV disease is to avoid mosquito bites.

                May 13 CDC WNV update

                May 13 CDC table of cases by state

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                ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
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