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Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Advisory Issued Due To West Nile Virus Case
August 15, 2014
The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has received notification of a probable case of West Nile virus infection in a resident of Escambia County, FL.
“There is a heightened concern that other Escambia County, Florida, residents and visitors may become ill from being bitten by an infected mosquito,” the department said in a news release.
The Escambia County Mosquito Control Division and DOH-Escambia is continuing surveillance and prevention efforts. The health department is reminding residents and visitors to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and to take basic precautions to help limit exposure to mosquito-borne illnesses.
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3 Responses to “Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Advisory Issued Due To West Nile Virus Case”
People tickle me when such cases arise. Year after year, case after case people always complaining about needing to know the location of the patient. REALLY!!!Female mosquitoes carry viruses and they don’t care about property lines, city limits or county districts. They fly and so do the birds that harbor the viruses. It doesn’t matter where the case occured. You should take precautions and act as all mosquitoes are carrying a virus. Already this year we’ve had reports of WNV in horses and people, EEE in horses and chickens, chikungunya in people and dengue fever in people. So it really doesn’t matter where these cases occured, you should always take precaution. By listing a location provides people with a false sense of security in other areas, b/c they feel the mosquitoes in their areas are not carriers, which would not be accurate. So please, quit being concerned with the location.
>>Be nice if these people would give some type of location
They won’t, always citing health care privacy laws.
Be nice if these people would give some type of location. Being such a broad advisory is of little benefit.