Brazos County resident dies of West Nile

A Brazos County resident has died of West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.

The death marks the second known fatal case of the virus in Brazos County.

Brazos County Health Department officials said the incident was reported Sept. 3. Information about the person's age or location was not immediately available Thursday.

This is the third case of West Nile virus documented in Brazos County so far this year and the 25th since officials began counting in 2003.

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Posted by: On: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:05 PM

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The statement "There's no reason she should have died" infers there is a proven vaccine available. According to the CDC, there is no proven vaccine. Moskowitz must be referring to clinical trials his company has been running for the last six years. Good luck to him and apparently one of his trial participants, D. Manry.
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Posted by: Dave Moskowitz MD FACP On: Saturday, September 06, 2008 11:34 AM

Comment Title: Promising WNV Rx Since 2003
There's no reason she should have died, with a treatment available for the past 6 summers. Anybody can download it for free from www.genomed.com. Ask D. Manry (see comment below)--he's on it, although he started 3 weeks late.
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Posted by: D. Manry On: Saturday, September 06, 2008 11:23 AM

Comment Title: Symptoms/Treatment
Please see following link from CDC (Center for desease Control) Locally the most experienced persons for West nile are Dr. Ricardo Lemos, Infectious Disease control specialist and Dr Greg LeBleau, director of in-patient re-hab, St.Josephs hospital. The single most importnat factor to recovery is immediate diagnosis and treatment. The longer it goes untreated/ the less likelihood of a full recovery if any recovery. If you think you have the symptoms GO TO THE DR. NOW! Ask them to test for it!http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/symptoms.htm
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Posted by: Susan (from Montreal) On: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:01 AM

Comment Title: West Nile
Vote for Obama. Then you will be like the people in Canada with socialized medicine. You can wait around for weeks until you die, then you will know.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:59 PM

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Google West Nile Virus -
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Posted by: baren On: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:42 PM

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how do you know if you have west nile, i think i may have it.
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Posted by: Susan On: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:39 PM

Comment Title: Bring back DDT
Not for agricultural use, but for mosquito control. Literally millions of people die each year because of the ban. http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/tough-choices-ddt-or-malaria/
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