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First West Nile Virus Case Diagnosed in Mamaroneck
Posted on Friday, September 06 @ 00:22:52 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Mary Landrigan of the Department of Communications. September 5, 2002:The Westchester County Department of Health today received notification from the New York State Department of Health that an 83-year-old man from the Town of Mamaroneck has tested positive for West Nile virus.
The man was reported to be recovering from his illness in the hospital. This is the first identified human case in Westchester County this year. No spraying is planned at this time.
In response to this finding, the Westchester County Department of Health will be conducting additional local environmental assessment including monitoring in the area of the man's home for potential mosquito breeding grounds, checking the status of larvicide in and around the Town of Mamaroneck, conducting additional mosquito trapping in the area, and developing detailed information about the travel history of the affected individual. A review of the Health Department's mosquito and bird surveillance data also is being conducted.
The Westchester County Department of Health today also reported that the New York State Department of Health has announced that from September 3 through September 5, 2002, there have been four additional mosquito pools and four more birds from Westchester County that have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
The mosquito pools were collected in Yonkers, New Rochelle, Scarsdale and Mt. Vernon and the birds were found in Irvington, Mamaroneck Village, Hastings-on-Hudson, and New Rochelle. The mosquito pools and the four birds were collected between August 15, 2002 and August 28, 2002.
With the addition of these four new positive mosquito pools, a total of 23 mosquito pools from Westchester have tested positive for the virus this year. To date, out of 511 mosquito pools submitted for testing, 366 have been tested for West Nile virus, of which 343 have tested negative.
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