Published: September 09, 2008 12:19 am            

Miss. has five new West Nile cases

Mississippi health officials are reporting five new human cases of the West Nile virus.

The state Department of Health says the total number of human cases of the mosquito-transmitted disease in 2008 now stands at 78 with two deaths.

The new cases are in Harrison County, three in Hinds, and one in Rankin County.

The Mississippi Board of Animal Health also reports one case of West Nile Virus in a horse in Calhoun County.

Since March cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in humans in Clarke, Forrest, George, Grenada, Harrison, Hinds, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Neshoba, Pearl River, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sunflower, Washington and Wayne counties.

For a checklist to reduce the mosquito population in and around homes, visit the Mississippi State Department of Health Web site at www.healthyms.com.

        

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