Texas: 2012 West Nile cases- 86 deaths to date

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First West Nile death reported in Williamson County
by MORGAN CHESKY / KVUE News and JORDAN ARMSTRONG / KVUE.com
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 7:41 PM

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas -- Health officials have confirmed Williamson County's first death due to the West Nile virus.

Williamson County and Cities Health District, or WCCHD, says a 90-year-old woman died after contracting the virus.

A total of six cases have been reported in Williamson County so far this year...

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State Health Dept. confirms four new ETX West Nile cases
Posted: Aug 17, 2012 2:59 PM EDT Updated: Aug 17, 2012 3:08 PM EDT
By KLTV News Staff

Four new East Texas counties have been added to a map of confirmed human West Nile Virus cases.

The map, released by the Texas Department of State Health Services on August 17, shows new cases in Harrison, Smith, Rusk and Panola Counties. This is added to two human cases of the virus that were already reported in Gregg County. A confirmed case of equine West Nile has been confirmed in Cass and Smith Counties...

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Map of counties with Human West Nile cases: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/uploaded...2HumanWNND.jpg

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Tarrant County reports two West Nile deaths, 16 overall in N. Texas
Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Updated today at 6:48 PM


FORT WORTH - Tarrant County has confirmed two more West Nile virus-related deaths, the third and fourth this year in that county.

According to a county release, the one patient was in North Richland Hills and another in Fort Worth. Both were in their 80s with underlying medical conditions...

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2 new human West Nile cases confirmed in Harris County
Published On: Aug 20 2012 06:07:28 PM CDT

HOUSTON -

Two more Harris County residents have been diagnosed with West Nile virus.

These two cases bring the total in the county, outside of Houston, to six.

There have been 12 cases inside the city of Houston. One case has been fatal. A southwest Houston man between the ages of 75 and 84 died on Aug. 1...

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West Nile death reported in Plano
From staff reports
Published: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:25 PM CDT

The Plano Environmental Health Department announced Tuesday that a death caused by West Nile Virus has occurred in the 75025 zip code.


Two additional human cases of West Nile Virus were also reported in the 75093 and 75075 zip codes, bringing this year?s total number of cases in Plano to 17.

The death is the first of its kind for Collin County this year. The most recent county-wide tally of human West Nile infections, released yesterday, was 36...

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4 more West Nile deaths reported in Texas
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 2:14 PM EDT Updated: Aug 21, 2012 6:11 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) - Four more West Nile virus deaths have been reported in Texas, bringing the state's 2012 total to at least 26...

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West Nile Virus cases increase in Hays County
Posted by Veronica Gordon on Aug 22nd, 2012

State health officials have said that West Nile Virus cases in north Texas have reached epidemic proportions and there are now four confirmed cases of West Nile Virus in Hays County.

?We had three adults over 50 years of age,? said Rebecca Herring, R.N., case manager for the Communicable Diseases section of the Hays County Personal Health Department. ?Early this week we received a report of a pediatric case (pediatric is under 18) who had already been discharged to home. As far as we know, all are doing well...?

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Bexar County records first West Nile death of 2012
Man in 70s died Friday
Published On: Aug 22 2012 12:27:08 PM CDT

SAN ANTONIO -

A man in his 70s has become the first victim to die of West Nile virus in 2012.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health officials said the man died Friday. His name has not been released.

Currently, there are three cases of West Nile in Bexar County.

The death brings the total in Texas to at least 27...

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Death from West Nile Virus in Bowie County unconfirmed
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:56 pm | Updated: 12:57 pm, Wed Aug 22, 2012.
By Michelle Williams

Journal staff are working to confirm report of a case of West Nile Virus in Bowie County that resulted in the death of a 70-year old woman.

Texas State Department of Health Services and Bowie County health officials had not returned calls at 12:30 p.m. requesting information.

As information is received, it will be posted on this Web site...

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West Nile virus cases continue to mount in Denton County
By Bj Lewis / Staff Writer

Published: 23 August 2012 03:18 PM

West Nile Virus cases just keep coming, county officials stated at a Thursday afternoon press conference.

Denton County Health Department Director Bing Burton saidthere are six new cases today alone for the virus bringing the total to 118, what he believed to be the highest incident rate in the state...

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Ten cases of West Nile virus confirmed in Bell County
BY: JANICE GIBBS | TELEGRAM STAFF
Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 3:20 PM

Ten cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Bell County by the Public Health District, according to Lacey Sanders, disease surveillance coordinator.

One of the cases resulted in death...

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West Nile death reported in Wharton County
Updated at 02:43 PM today

WHARTON COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- We've learned of another death from the West Nile Virus, this time in Wharton County.

The Wharton County Office of Emergency Management confirms a person who was infected has passed away. The victim is a man in his late 70s from the El Campo area.

Andy Kirkland with WCOEM says the man had underlying health conditions and was taken to an El Campo hospital on August 9. He was ultimately taken to a Houston hospital where he died...

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Second Denton County resident dies from West Nile virus
by MATT GOODMAN
WFAA
Posted on August 24, 2012 at 3:55 PM
Updated today at 4:12 PM

CARROLLTON ? A second Denton County resident has died from complications involving the West Nile virus, officials say.

The victim lived in Carrollton, was in her 80s, and had underlying health conditions. Denton County Health Department spokesman Bob Martinez said patient confidentiality laws prohibit him from releasing more information about the victim...

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West Nile ? August 24, 2012

DSHS has confirmed 723 human cases of West Nile illness in Texas this year, including 30 deaths.

West Nile is a mosquito-borne virus. There are two forms of the illness, West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and West Nile fever (WN fever). The symptoms of severe infection from West Nile neuroinvasive disease include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness and paralysis. West Nile fever is the milder form of the illness. Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, and occasionally a skin rash on the trunk of the body and swollen lymph glands.

DSHS reminds Texans to reduce the risk of exposure by eliminating standing water and other mosquito breeding areas; making sure door, porch and window screens are in good condition; and using a repellent that contains DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535 when outdoors.

table of county by county cases available at; http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/updates.shtm