October 12, 2006
Another horse, this one from Harvey County, has tested positive for WNV.
That brings the total so far this year to 4 positive equines. The CDC
website lists human cases in Kansas at 24, with 3 fatalities. All the
contiguous states have reported cases of WNV, with a total of 3135 human
cases nation-wide.
October 6, 2006
The following are the latest results from the mosquito testing. All
mosquito pools tested negative.
|
Location (County) |
Label |
Contents |
Submitted |
Results |
|
Marysville (Marshall) |
MV-091406-1A |
5 Culex salinaris |
x |
negative |
| |
MV-091406-1B |
29 Culex restuans |
x |
negative |
|
|
MV-091406-1C |
24 Culex tarsalis |
x |
negative |
To date, 20 counties have had positive WNV results
(see KDHE website) . These include 23 human cases (and three
fatalities), according to the
CDC website.
September 19, 2006
The following are the latest results from the mosquito testing.
There was one positive group of Culex tarsalis, collected in Wamego.
|
Location (County) |
Species |
Results |
|
Salina (Saline) |
17 Culex tarsalis |
negative |
|
|
3 Culex pipiens |
negative |
|
|
23 Culex restuans |
negative |
|
Wamego |
20 Culex restuans |
negative |
|
|
53 Culex tarsalis |
positive |
|
|
24 Culex pipiens |
negative |
August 30, 2006
West Nile Virus has also been detected in a mosquito pool in Finney
County, and has been confirmed in animals in several counties throughout the
state, including two birds in Riley County, a squirrel in Reno County, a
horse in Jewell County, a horse in Logan County and a horse in Ottawa
County.
Thirty-three other states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, have reported at least one human
case of West Nile Virus to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as
of August 29. Every state except for Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and the District
of Columbia has reported West Nile Virus activity in birds, animals or
mosquitoes this year.
The total human cases in the state now stands at 15. read the
latest news release at
http://www.kdheks.gov/news/web_archives/2006/08242006.htm
August 29, 2006
Latest counts from KDHE show a total of 18 reported WNV Human cases, with
3 deaths. Counties with positive reports include: Harvey, Reno,
Johnson, Gray, Finney, Kiowa, Barton, Neosho, Sedgwick, Rush, Douglas and
Pratt.
August 28, 2006
A positive test has been reported from an equine located in Jewell
County.
August 24, 2006
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced
the second West Nile Virus death of the 2006 season. In addition, six other
cases of West Nile Virus have also been reported to the state. These seven
latest cases are as follows:
- A resident of Northeast Kansas over the age of 65, who has died from
WNV-related encephalitis/meningitis
- A Barton County resident – onset late July; hospitalized
- A Harvey County resident – onset late July; hospitalized
- A Neosho County resident – onset date late July/early
Aug.; hospitalized
- A Rush County resident – onset early Aug.; hospitalized
- A Rush County resident – onset early Aug.; not
hospitalized
- A Sedgwick County resident – onset late July/early Aug;
hospitalized
August 15, 2006
Current mosquito collections include the following submitted for testing
(no results yet):
|
Location (County) |
Label |
Contents |
|
Ottawa (Franklin) |
OT-080806-1A |
46 Culex salinaris |
| |
OT-080806-2A |
33 Culex salinaris |
| |
OT-080806-1B |
5 Culex tarsalis |
| |
OT-080806-1C |
2 Culex pipiens |
|
Beloit (Mitchell) |
BT-081006-1A |
20 Culex pipiens |
|
|
BT-081006-1B |
3 Culex restuans |
July 20, 2006
The lab at K-State has reported positive west nile virus tests from the
following: red-tailed hawk collected in Manhattan, crow collected in
Manhattan and a fox squirrel collected in Hutchinson. There is also
report of one positive test result from a horse, collected from Logan
county.
July 6, 2006
The first confirmed case of WNV fever (non-neurological) has been
reported in Kansas. The individual is from Harvey County, and was not
hospitalized. No additional information is available at this time.
June 22, 2006
Mosquitoes were collected from Riley, Franklin, and Atchison counties on
June 12, 13, and 14th. The included Culex salinarius (Riley and
Franklin), C. tarsalis (Riley, Franklin and Atchison), and
C. restuans (Atchison county only). All tested negative.
June 6, 2006
Mosquitoes were collected from Finney County (Culex tarsalis),
Seward County (Culex tarsalis) and from Pratt County (Culex
tarsalis and C. restuans). They were submitted for testing.
May 31, 2006
The first results for mosquito testing have come in. Collections of
mosquitoes from Emporia in Lyon County (Culex tarsalis and C.
restuans) and Wichita in Sedgewick County (Culex tarsalis and
C. salinarius) have all tested negative.
