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Aug. 20: LB Has Three Human West Nile Cases, NOT Fatalities
(August 20, 2004) -- LBReport.com has learned that there are three current confirmed cases of people with the The cases are not fatalities; they're alive.
The current case total was confirmed for LBReport.com by LB Acting Health Officer, Dr. Helene Calvet. Further details were unavailable.
LB has had a fourth case, an 88 year old woman who succumbed to the disease on August 9...one of six deaths in CA to date (the most recent a Pico Rivera man).
Authorities say roughly 80% of people bitten by a West Nile Virus infected mosquito won't display symptoms. Of the remaining 15-20%, some develop what are described as The CA Dept. of Health Services reports:
Sixteen of these WNV infections were initially detected in asymptomatic individuals through screening done at blood banks- one of these individuals later became symptomatic. Of the 234 WNV cases with symptoms, 97 are classified as West Nile fever cases, 93 are classified as West Nile neuroinvasive disease, and 44 are of unknown status.
The median age for all cases where data was available = 51 years (range: 2 – 91 years). Median age for West Nile fever cases = 46 years (range: 9 – 84 years). Median age for West Nile neuroinvasive disease cases = 59 years (range: 15 – 91 years). 149/234 (64%) of the cases are male.
There have been six fatalities to date in California in Orange (1), San Bernardino (2) and Los Angeles (3) counties. The CA Dept. of Health Services says WNV has now been detected in 48 of CA's 58 Counties.
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