- Hello Jeff -- I was hoping the WNV would not be too bad
this year, but, according to reports indicating the wet spring is bringing
out mosquito and ticks early this year, we might just have a bad year for
WNV, EEE, SLE, WEE and other vectored borne diseases. This means that
we all need to get out and do late Spring cleaning, if we haven't done
so yet. We need to dump and clean out all containers that hold water.
Standing water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquitoes mean
WNV and other vectoed borne disease outbreaks.
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- We need to take precaution against mosquito and tick
bites.
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- I also note that dead birds are NOT tested for EEE only
for WNV. I hope that this will change as cases of EEE are diagnosed.
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- Patty
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- Date: 09 May 2007
- Source: GateHouse News Service
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- 2 Dead Birds Found In Holbrook Test Positive For WNV
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- Board of Health Member Donna Dewar told the board of
selectmen on 08 May [2007]that the rainy spring has brought out an early
onslaught of mosquitoes and the danger of spreading Eastern Equine Encephalitis
(EEE) and West Nile viruses from their bites to humans and animals. "This
year, probably because we had a lot of rain, the ticks and mosquitoes are
prevalent already," she said.
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- Dewar pointed out that [routine] testing of dead birds
for West Nile virus doesn't begin until 15 May and is carried out through
the last day of September. As a precaution, she said, the birds recently
found were tested. The carcasses are sent to a state lab and tested for
West Nile (virus) only, not EEE.
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- http://www.townonline.com/holbrook/homepage/x1032228572
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- Communicated by: Joseph Dudley
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- ProMed Mail
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- West Nile virus activity now has been detected in a northern
state. One wonders if virus transmission is going on in other temperate
zone areas in the USA, before routine testing of mosquitoes, dead birds
and sentinel animals is scheduled to resume.
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- A map showing the location of Holbrooki, Massachusetts
can be accessed at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Holbrook_ma_highlight.png#file
- Mod.TY
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- It would be a plus if states would report the species
of positive birds, presumably residents, not summer migrants and not predatory
species, which might indicate different routes of acquisition and transport
of the virus. - Mod.JW
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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