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Encephalitis Defined

Inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus; may be very mild and barely noticeable, but is usually serious and can progress from headache and fever to hallucinations, paralysis, and sometimes coma

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Human Targets Become Buffet For Winged Creatures

Published July 20, 2008, 12:31 am, The Morning News

WASHINGTON - To mosquitoes, some of us are smorgasbords, and others are as tasty as cardboard. As the mosquito season begins in earnest - if it hasn't already in your microclimate - those on the buffet line might dread its arrival more than the rest of us, but there's no escaping.

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UP: Unusual rise in jaundice cases

Published July 19, 2008, 10:29 pm, The Times of India

The unusual heavy rains and persistent clouds might bring in a perceptible change in the disease pattern in Uttar Pradesh this season.

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Peak time for West Nile in El Paso approaches

Published July 19, 2008, 10:16 pm, El Paso Times

The West Nile virus has killed about a dozen people and infected more than a hundred others since the virus arrived in El Paso five years ago. Mosquitoes that spread the virus thrive in moist conditions, and health officials warn El Paso's peak season for West Nile occurs in August and September.

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Symptoms in humans

Published July 19, 2008, 3:39 pm, The Gallup Independent

General West Nile symptoms are fever, nausea, headache, and muscle aches. In rare cases, the virus can cause meningitis or encephalitis in humans. If someone has these symptoms, they should see their health care provider.

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Officials seek more tests of Collinwood basement

Published July 19, 2008, 4:50 am, The Plain Dealer

Cleveland school officials, acting on concerns that something inside Collinwood's basement may have played a role in the deaths of three women who competed on the high school's track team, are close to signing a contract with Mactec (a national environmental consultant based in Atlanta) to have the area inspected a third time before classes begin Aug. 28.

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Weather just right for West Nile virus

Published July 19, 2008, 2:14 am, The Beacon News

With temperatures climbing into the 90s for the past week, the Kane County Health Department is warning that now is the time to be thinking about West Nile virus.

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Kane warns: Heat boosts West Nile virus

Published July 19, 2008, 2:08 am, The Courier News

Summer temperatures have been climbing in the low 90s recently, and the Kane County Health Department is reminding residents that now is the time to be thinking about West Nile virus. Hot, dry weather and stagnant water are the two main ingredients prized by the Culex mosquito, the species most commonly associated with the disease.

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Regular and larger skeeters pestering region

Published July 19, 2008, 1:09 am, The Monroe Evening News

Bite ... Smack ... Whack ... As if fighting off normal-sized mosquitoes isn't enough, the region now has large blood-sucking mosquitoes assaulting mostly animals and livestock.

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Officials report measles outbreaks in 15 states including Louisiana

Published July 19, 2008, 12:50 am, The Alexandria Town Talk

A flurry of imported measles cases has kindled outbreaks in 15 states and two cities that together have given the United States its largest case toll in a decade, health officials said.

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Peak time for West Nile in El Paso approaches

Published July 18, 2008, 11:21 pm, El Paso Times

The West Nile virus has killed about a dozen people and infected more than a hundred others since the virus arrived in El Paso five years ago. El Paso's peak season for West Nile occurs in August and September.

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