04-28-2003, 02:27 AM
We get updates from the CDC, and the state health dept. all the time at work (ER). The west nile virus will make most individuals feel a little sick. You'd have some malaise, maybe a little fever, and a slight cough, probably think it was a cold or something. The problem is when it enters the cerebral spinal fluid and causes a potentially threatening viral meningitis. It can't be treated with any anti-biotics, or anti-virals, so you just have to have some luck, and maybe some help from the Big Man to pull through. Like it was said in a previous post, those who are very young, very old, or immune compromised (cancer, HIV, etc), are at risk of serious disease. Just make sure to wear some repellant and everyone should be fine. But if you have horses, please get them vaccinated, because the death rate is significantly higher.
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