WEST NILE MISSISSIPPI 9/1/2012 AND HANTA VIRUS YOSEMITE

The total West Nile Cases in our state have exceeded 100 now at about 110 reported. Texas is the leader with about 700 cases .Accounting for the differences in population the attack rates are similar in the 2 states.Rankin and Hinds counties constitute the largest number of cases -39 or approximately 37% of the total cases. The recent heavy rains may continue to exacerbate the problem.

Hanta Virus.The news this week pointed to a second fatal case of Hanta Virus infection in a Yosemite visitor. There have been 587 cases of this infection since  1993 with about 1/3 fatal.There is no known treatment.Have a safe Labor Day   Dr. Smith