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Friday, September 10, 2010
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Information about West Nile
Three die in Turkey from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus
By The Associated Press (CP)
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities say three people have died and two others have been hospitalized after becoming infected with the West Nile virus. Turkey's NTV television quotes Health Ministry official Mustafa Ertek as saying the cases occurred in cities in western Turkey, including Izmir, Aydin, Manisa, Isparta and Sakarya.
Anatolia news agency carried a similar report Wednesday. West Nile is transmitted by mosquitoes that have bitten infected birds. In a small number of cases, infection can result in encephalitis or meningitis, which can lead to paralysis, coma and possibly death. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gAoyNAvh_u5d6touRr1Sxav-tQOw
I thought more people had already died from this outbreak here. Maybe these are confirmed cases? Here is a news story from Wednesday, 25 August 2010:
Mystery Manisa virus may be West Nile, Turkey says
A virus that has killed six people in the past two weeks may be the same strain of the West Nile virus that was also observed in the north of Greece, doctors say, as most of the symptoms resemble those presented in patients with the West Nile virus.
The Turkish Health Ministry announced that six out of the 16 patients who have come to the Manisa State Hospital since Aug. 12 complaining of fever, thrombocytopenia (lack of blood clotting cells), altered states of consciousness and skin eruptions have died.
The statement also announced that a scientific committee was rapidly set up following reports from the Manisa State Hospital's infectious diseases experts. The committee is composed of experts from the Health Ministry's Fundamental Health Services General Directorate, the Refik Saydam National Public Agency (RSHM), which deals with bacteria and viral disease prevention, and academics from relevant medical backgrounds. (More)
As a public service to all my readers living in Turkey or Greece, I have included two bits of information- which is after all the best way to prevent over-reaction.
How To Protect Yourself From West Nile Virus on Howcast
And here are some basic FAQs about the West Nile virus. http://www.westnilefever.com/west_nile_virus_symptoms.htm
Here's to your health.
Flea Collar
I was shopping for cat food the other day and this innocuous looking box on the pet store shelf caught my attention. (It reads: Cat Eliminating Flea Collar.) I read it again and again and it never sounded quite right to me.
Maybe it was the mood I was in but the English made a large red question mark appear over my head. I wondered how many collars a box that size would hold and how on earth you would get the flea to put one on. Appeal to its vanity perhaps? And those poor eliminated cats.
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