Thursday, February 14, 2013
Initiative will target West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease in 2013.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday an insect control program designed to fight West Nile Virus and Lyme disease. The 2013 Disease Carrying Insect Program is a series of measures designed to prevent widespread outbreaks of West Nile Virus, Lyme disease and other illnesses in the county. The annual initiative involves monitoring mosquitoes and ticks, surveillance on any human cases in the county, and educating residents on effective prevention. West Nile Virus season runs from May to October, according to officials. During the the 2012 mosquito monitoring period, county health experts trapped and tested more than 64,000 mosquitos in nearly 2,800 groups. Of those groups, 255 tested positive for West Nile Virus. Positive …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Muggy weather brings out more mosquitoes this week.
Mosquitoes are out in force as hot temperatures and muggy weather plague Northern Virginia this week. Pools of water from rainfall the past few days are breeding grounds for mosquitoes. One person in Maryland died from West Nile Virus, officials confirmed last week, in the state's first death from the virus reported this year. Virginia officials report four cases of West Nile Virus in the state, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, including one in Northern Virginia. West Nile Virus cases are up 40 percent nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Mosquitoes get the virus from feeding on infected birds and spread it to people they bite. Symptoms include fever, headache and body aches, and most people get better in a …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Fairfax County health officials release information about West Nile Virus symptoms and tips to protect yourself from mosquitoes.
West Nile virus infections are on the rise with 1,118 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control so far this year, the highest tally since the virus was first found in the United States in 1999. Virginia's two reported cases, however, pale in comparison to the 298 reported in Texas. There have been no reported infections in Northern Virginia. The CDC reports 75 percent of this year's West Nile infections are from five states: Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Dakota and Oklahoma. So far, 47 states have reported infections and 41 people have died from the virus. West Nile symptoms include: The virus spreads to people, other mammals and birds through mosquito bites. People cannot spread West Nile by touching or kissing an infected …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Mosquito and West Nile Virus surveillance to begin.
Mosquitoes could be bugging and biting Fairfax County residents earlier this year after a warm winter and a rain-heavy spring. Glen Barbour, public safety information officer for the Fairfax County Health Department, said there’s no way of knowing whether that will happen, but that residents should take necessary safety measures just in case. Human cases of West Nile Virus are rare in Fairfax County, but they’re not unheard of. In 2011, eight cases of West Nile Virus were found in humans in Virginia. One case was found in Fairfax County. During its annual surveillance period, the department of health traps mosquitoes at 68 different sites around the county and test the insects for West Nile Virus. According to the health department’s 2012 …
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