Malheur County records new cases of West Nile virus
By Larry Meyer
Argus Observer
Friday, September 5, 2008 12:24 PM PDT
ONTARIO—Three human cases of West Nile virus in Malheur County were confirmed in August, and six other local people were diagnosed with the disease but have not been tested for final verification.
“We’ve had six others who have a positive screening,” Malheur County Health Department registered nurse Lori Heiple said Thursday.
“Two people ended up in the hospital,” she said, adding they are recovering, but there may be some memory issues.
One person said he thought he had been feeling ill since June, but most of the cases had been since early August.
The six cases were not forwarded to the state, so they will not be included in the state count, Heiple said, but would bring the county’s number of human cases to nine. Last year there were 12 confirmed cases in the county.
One of the earliest signs of West Nile virus, is a bird die off, such as jays and magpies, but a spokesperson for the Malheur County Environmental Health Department said no one has brought any birds in to be tested this year.
“We still need to be careful,” Heiple said as mosquitoes will continue to be out until the first few frosts. According to numbers posted by the Centers for Disease Control, Oregon has four confirmed cases of West Nile virus, and Idaho has eight, but the Idaho Health Department’s Web Site posts 24 symptomatic cases, including one in Payette County.
one in Gem County, four in Canyon County and eight in Ada County. However, most of them are provisional cases and have not been confirmed.
Want more news? Then log on to www.argusobserver.com
Dave Moskowitz MD FACP wrote on Sep 6, 2008 10:36 AM:
GenoMed has had about 80% treatment success rate in people (23 of 29 improved) and horses (8 of 10 survived), and 50% in birds (6 of 12 survived). Our first 8 human WNV patients were published in a peer-reviewed medical journal in 2004 (1). This is sufficient for our treatment to officially exist in both the medical and legal senses.
The earlier our treatment is begun, the better the outcome.
Anybody who wants to download our WNV trial protocol can do so for free at any time by clicking on the "West Nile trial" link on our company’s homepage at www.genomed.com.
Dave Moskowitz MD
CEO & Chief Medical Officer
GenoMed, Inc. (Ticker symbol GMED on OTC Pink Sheets)
“The public health company™”
1. Moskowitz DW, Johnson FE. The central role of angiotensin I-converting enzyme in vertebrate pathophysiology. Curr Top Med Chem. 2004;4(13):1433-54. PMID: 15379656 (For PDF file, click on paper #6 at: http://www.genomed.com/index.cfm?action=investor&drill=publications) "