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During the 2012 West Nile virus outbreak in Texas, 1,868 cases were reported. Male patients, persons >65 years of age, and minorities were at highest risk for neuroinvasive disease. At total of 1,868 cases including 844 (45%) WNND (West Nile neuroinvasive disease) cases and 89 deaths (case-fatality rate 5%).
West Nile virus. West Nile fever is an infection by the West Nile virus, which is typically spread by mosquitoes. [53] In about 80% of infections people have few or no symptoms. [54] About 20% of people develop a fever, headache, vomiting, or a rash. [53]
Global distribution of West Nile virus.(2006) ... the United States had 2,330 total deaths out of 50,830 diagnosed cases, giving a case fatality rate of 5%. [1]
Overall, the CDC has received reports of 289 West Nile cases in 33 states for 2024; 195 of those cases have been neuroinvasive, in which the virus invades the brain and nervous system. This can ...
The states reporting the highest number of human cases of West Nile virus in 2024 are Texas, Nebraska, Nevada, Louisiana and Mississippi. The recent death reported in Dallas, Texas, was the sixth ...
Nationally, the incidence rate of neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease, meaning the infection affected the nervous system, was the highest since 2012 at 0.6 cases per 100,000 people, largely ...
Prognosis improved by early supportive treatments as seen in the West African epidemic and the Kivu outbreak. [23] [24] Marburg virus disease – all outbreaks combined Viral Untreated [23–90]% 23% in 1967 when it was first identified and 90% in 2004-2005 when the worst outbreak of the disease occurred.
Dallas County reported the second death from West Nile virus in the 2024 season Thursday. The victim was a Richardson man with underlying medical conditions, according to Dallas County Health and ...