Wednesday, October 10, 2012
One of the cases, the 64-year-old man from Elgin, died in August.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Kane County Health Department is reporting today one case of West Nile Virus, bringing the total this season to 10. The case being reported today (Oct. 10, 2012) is an 85-year-old Elgin man, who was hospitalized and has since been discharged. The Health Department will be reporting new cases once a week on Wednesdays until the end of the West Nile season, which ends with the first hard frost. Other cases this year include: One of the cases, the 64-year-old man from Elgin, died in August. This summer was hot and dry, the perfect combination for the Culex mosquito, the species that is known to carry the virus. It is likely we will continue to see activity until the season is over. The Health Department monitors for WNV activity in your …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
The CDC announced that this is the worst year for West Nile Virus since it started tracking in 1999. Check out how your area is faring in our interactive map of diagnosed cases in humans and mosquitoes.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week that reported cases of West Nile Virus are at an all time high. “The 1,118 cases reported thus far in 2012 is the highest number of West Nile virus disease cases reported to CDC through the third week in August since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999,” the CDC reported. While Illinois does not rank among the top five states in terms of cases, there have been 21 reported human cases of West Nile Virus in Illinois as of Aug. 21. Those cases have been clustered in the Chicago area, with 13 human cases in Cook County and one in Lake County. In the map above, Patch charted both cases of West Nile Virus confirmed in both humans and mosquitoes, …
DuPage County reported the state's first West Nile-related death on Aug. 18; Kendall County health officials urge residents to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control are reporting the largest outbreak of West Nile virus since the disease appeared in this country in 1999 — but that doesn’t mean Kendall County residents should worry, according to local health officials. To date, there have been no human cases of West Nile in Kendall County this year, said Aaron Rybski, Director of Environmental Health at the Kendall County Health Department. Last year, there were 34 cases of the illness statewide. “That doesn’t mean we aren’t expecting to see a case or two as the season progresses," said Rybski. The virus evolves over time and human cases tend to appear later in the season. With five human cases so far this summer, DuPage County reported the state’s first West Nile-…
Saturday, July 14, 2012
The total is up to five positive batches of West Nile Virus collected in Kane County traps this year. Here's the latest.
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Three more batches (or pools) of mosquitoes collected this week have tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Kane County Health Department reported Friday, July 13. The mosquito batches were collected in Kane County Health Department traps in Aurora, Montgomery and Carpentersville. This brings the total to five positive batches this year, the second in from Carpentersville. These positive mosquito batches usually are the first indicators of West Nile activity. "With this year’s hot, dry weather, these results come as no surprise," the Kane County Health Department press release said. "We usually see our first evidence of West Nile beginning in July or August. And although it has been extraordinarily dry, the few intermittent showers we’ve…
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1:45 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
they claim they put larvae killing pellets in last Friday of course we had a soak-er over the weekend, now T 1:40 pm 27 AUG the pool has more than 2in of water and the tattered tarp another inch, THE village officials are nowhere to be seen or heard from I lleft message on their voice and email, this is the Glenwood way of culling the Seniors and disabled more ›