Saturday, August 25, 2012

West Nile Virus Confirmed

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...State health department spokeswoman Gwenda Bond says Kentucky's second confirmed case this year of West Nile virus comes from Jefferson County. Bond says Kentucky's first case of West Nile was confirmed in May in Henry County. She says the patient recovered. Bond says Kentucky had a total of five West Nile cases in 2011, resulting in one death. Federal health officials say there are four times the usual number of cases in a West Nile outbreak nationwide. Early symptoms of West Nile can include fever, headache and body aches. One in 150 infected people will develop severe symptoms including neck stiffness, disorientation, coma and paralysis.