Chicago's First West Nile Case Emerges
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05 August, 2005 00:22 GMT
State and local officials stepped up spraying in Chicago this week following a report of the city's first case of West Nile virus.
Public health officials Thursday confirmed the first case of mosquito-borne West Nile disease in Chicago, bringing to four the number of Illinois cases. A 56-year-old South Side woman, whose name was not released, developed
symptoms, including a high fever, July 25 and was hospitalized with encephalitis,
the Chicago Tribune said.
More Mosquito Abatement
While West Nile has been confirmed in at least two people in northern
Illinois this week, the case is the first inside city limits this summer.
State and local officials stepped up spraying in the city this week and plan
more mosquito abatement this weekend on the far north and south sides.
Illinois led the nation with 884 cases of West Nile disease and 67 deaths in
2002, but that fell to 60 cases and four deaths last year.
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