Mississippi Business Journal » virus http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Health officials identify second West Nile virus case of 2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/19/health-officials-identify-second-west-nile-virus-case-of-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-officials-identify-second-west-nile-virus-case-of-2013 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/19/health-officials-identify-second-west-nile-virus-case-of-2013/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:28:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=76836 FORREST COUNTY — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting the second human case of West Nile virus for 2013. The case was reported in Forrest County. In April of this year, one case was reported in Madison County. The MSDH only reports laboratory-confirmed cases to the public. In 2012, Mississippi had 247 WNV [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/06/19/health-officials-identify-second-west-nile-virus-case-of-2013/feed/ 0 State sets another West Nile record with two new cases http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/state-sets-another-west-nile-record-with-two-new-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-sets-another-west-nile-record-with-two-new-cases http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/state-sets-another-west-nile-record-with-two-new-cases/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:18:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65752 WAYNE COUNTY and PERRY COUNTY — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting two new human cases of West Nile virus. The new cases were reported in Wayne and Perry counties, bringing the state total to 244 cases and five deaths. This continues to be the highest number of West Nile virus cases ever [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/27/state-sets-another-west-nile-record-with-two-new-cases/feed/ 0 State continues to re-write record for West Nile virus cases http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/12/state-continues-to-re-write-record-for-west-nile-virus-cases/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-continues-to-re-write-record-for-west-nile-virus-cases http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/12/state-continues-to-re-write-record-for-west-nile-virus-cases/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:28:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65261 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting six new human cases of West Nile virus. The new cases were reported in Adams, Calhoun, Forrest, Jackson, Smith and Tippah counties, bringing the state total to 242 cases and five deaths. This is the highest number of West Nile virus cases ever reported [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/12/state-continues-to-re-write-record-for-west-nile-virus-cases/feed/ 0 West Nile cases still growing — up to 236 with five deaths http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/west-nile-cases-still-growing-up-to-236-with-five-deaths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=west-nile-cases-still-growing-up-to-236-with-five-deaths http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/west-nile-cases-still-growing-up-to-236-with-five-deaths/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:39:53 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64908 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting three new human cases of West Nile virus, the lowest weekly total in months. The new cases were reported in Jones, Lincoln and Simpson counties, bringing the state total to 236 cases and five deaths. This is the highest number of WNV cases ever [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/06/west-nile-cases-still-growing-up-to-236-with-five-deaths/feed/ 0 State sets new record — 225 human cases of West Nile confirmed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/state-sets-new-record-225-human-cases-of-west-nile-confirmed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-sets-new-record-225-human-cases-of-west-nile-confirmed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/state-sets-new-record-225-human-cases-of-west-nile-confirmed/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:42:25 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63902 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports 12 new human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) for 2012. The new cases were reported in Coahoma (1), Forrest (1), Hancock (1), Lauderdale (1), Lowndes (1), Madison (1), Pearl River (1), Rankin (3), Walthall (1) and Wayne (1) counties, bringing the state total [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/16/state-sets-new-record-225-human-cases-of-west-nile-confirmed/feed/ 0 State’s human cases of West Nile virus tops 200 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/09/states-human-cases-of-west-nile-virus-tops-200/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-human-cases-of-west-nile-virus-tops-200 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/09/states-human-cases-of-west-nile-virus-tops-200/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:50:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63712 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state Department of Health is reporting 13 new human cases of West Nile virus. The new cases were reported in DeSoto (1), Forrest (1), Hancock (1), Hinds (2), Holmes (1), Lauderdale (1), Pike (1), Panola (1), Rankin (1), Scott (1), Walthall (1) and Winston (1) counties, bringing the state total to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/09/states-human-cases-of-west-nile-virus-tops-200/feed/ 0 State records fifth death from West Nile virus http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/state-records-fifth-death-from-west-nile-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-records-fifth-death-from-west-nile-virus http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/state-records-fifth-death-from-west-nile-virus/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:06:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63377 MADISON COUNTY — A fifth victim of West Nile virus has died in Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health said someone who had earlier been infected in Madison County has died, bringing the state’s 2012 death total to five. The state also reported 14 new cases Monday, pushing the year’s total to 200. That’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/state-records-fifth-death-from-west-nile-virus/feed/ 0 State’s West Nile virus cases hit 186; four deaths http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/25/states-west-nile-virus-cases-hit-186-four-deaths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-west-nile-virus-cases-hit-186-four-deaths http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/25/states-west-nile-virus-cases-hit-186-four-deaths/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:05:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63111 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state Department of Health is reporting 17 new human cases of West Nile virus, bringing the total to 186 cases and four deaths. In 2011, Mississippi had 52 West Nile virus cases and five deaths. The health department only reports laboratory-confirmed cases to the public. The Clarion-Ledger reports the new cases [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/25/states-west-nile-virus-cases-hit-186-four-deaths/feed/ 0 New West Nile virus cases bring state total to 169 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/new-west-nile-virus-cases-brings-state-total-to-169/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-west-nile-virus-cases-brings-state-total-to-169 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/new-west-nile-virus-cases-brings-state-total-to-169/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:08:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62781 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 29 new human cases of the West Nile virus. The new cases were reported in Adams (2), Claiborne (1), Harrison (1), Hinds (5), Humphreys (1), Jackson (1), Jefferson Davis (1), Lamar (1), Lauderdale (1), Madison (5), Perry (1), Rankin (6), Sunflower (1), Warren (1), [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/new-west-nile-virus-cases-brings-state-total-to-169/feed/ 0 Officials: This will probably be worst year ever for West Nile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/officials-this-will-probably-be-worst-year-ever-for-west-nile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-this-will-probably-be-worst-year-ever-for-west-nile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/officials-this-will-probably-be-worst-year-ever-for-west-nile/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:46:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62584 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Health officials say they’re convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America’s shores in 1999. So far, 1,405 serious illnesses and 118 deaths from West Nile have been reported across the country. The bulk is in Texas but Louisiana, Mississippi, [...]

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