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News
Releases on West Nile Virus
2008 News
Releases:
May 5,
2008, State veterinarian urges horse owners to vaccinate against West
Nile virus (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
2007
News Releases:
November 28, 2007, Few West Nile virus detections this season
September 26, 2007, West Nile virus confirmed in dead hawk collected in
Mabton, Yakima County
August 17,
2007,West Nile virus found in two Yakima County area horses - first
cases of year (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
May 31,
2007, West Nile virus monitoring underway around the state
April 24, 2007, West Nile virus prevention starts with you
April
19, 2007, State veterinarian urges vaccination of horses for West
Nile virus (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
March 7, 2007, Ecology Department issues improved mosquito control
permit (Washington State Department of Ecology)
2006
News Releases:
November 9, 2006,
Horse dies in King County from West Nile virus (Public Health - Seattle
& King County)
October 24, 2006,
Two more birds with West Nile virus detected in King County (Public
Health- Seattle & King County)
October 24, 2006,
Second WNV-positive bird found in Snohomish County (Snohomish Health
District)
October
13, 2006, West Nile virus update: seven more birds test positive in
Washington state
October 11, 2006, Clark
County man third human infected with West Nile virus in Washington.
September
25, 2006, Pierce County woman is state's second confirmed West Nile
virus case.
September 20, 2006, West Nile virus update: dead bird from Yakima County
tests positive.
September 14, 2006, West Nile virus found in three more Yakima horses
(Washington State Department of Agriculture)
September
13, 2006, Pierce County man is state's first confirmed case of West Nile
virus infection.
August
18, 2006, West Nile virus found in Yakima horse- first WNV case in
Washington reported for 2006 (Washington State Department of
Agriculture)
June 21, 2006, Environmental monitoring for West Nile virus underway
around the state
April
24, 2006, State veterinarian urges vaccination of horses for West Nile
virus (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
2005
News Releases:
December 2, 2005, West Nile virus environmental monitoring ends for
2005
September 23, 2005, West Nile virus found in Yakima County horse, first
case of year acquired in Washington (Washington State Department of
Agriculture, News Release)
September
16, 2005, Dead bird
from Yakima County tests positive for West Nile virus
September 14, 2005, West Nile virus found in Thurston County horse
(Washington State Department of Agriculture, News Release)
September 8, 2005, Benton County Mosquito Control detects presence of
West Nile virus, (Benton County Mosquito Control and Benton-Franklin
Health Department, News Release)
July 28,
2005, West Nile virus found in Snohomish county horses brought in from
California (Washington State Department of Agriculture, News Release)
July 18, 2005, Spokane-area woman's blood test is negative for West Nile
virus infection
July 8,
2005, Follow-up tests on probable West Nile illness case
inconclusive; retest likely
July 1,
2005, Spokane area woman reported to have positive test for West Nile
virus
May 31,
2005, Environmental monitoring for West Nile virus resumes around the
state
April 14,
2005, Spring approaches, bringing mosquito season and West Nile virus
concerns
March 22,
2005, Horse owners urged to pursue West Nile virus vaccination
(Washington State Department of Agriculture, News Release)
2004
News Releases:
November 19, 2004, Dead bird surveillance for West Nile virus coming to an
end for 2004.
September 16, 2004, Poll shows many Washington residents are not doing
enough to protect themselves against West Nile virus.
May
19, 2004, Watching for West Nile virus: dead bird and mosquito monitoring
resumes.
2003
News Releases:
November
20, 2003, Colder weather signals end of 2003 dead bird surveillance for
West Nile virus.
September
3, 2003, Additional tests show Yakima area man does not have West Nile
virus illness.
August
14, 2003, Laboratory tests indicate Yakima area man is probable first
human case of West Nile virus acquired in Washington state.
June
5, 2003, CDC preliminary tests identify Franklin County illness as St,
Louis encephalitis...not West Nile virus.
May
30, 2003, Health
departments investigate first suspected human case of West Nile virus
acquired in Washington state.
May
7, 2003, State West Nile virus program resumes mosquito and dead bird
surveillance.
May
1, 2003, Department of Health awarded statewide permit to fight West Nile
virus.
April
16, 2003, Department of Health seeks statewide permit in West Nile virus
battle.
April
9, 2003, Department of Health launches a West Nile virus information line.
2002
News Releases:
December
4, 2002, West Nile virus update: weather brings change in dead bird
surveillance. December
2, 2002, West Nile virus found in Whatcom County horse (Washington State
Department of Agriculture, News Release). November
14, 2002, West Nile virus found in Washington horse (Washington State
Department of Agriculture, News Release).
October
24, 2002, Dead bird surveillance detects West Nile virus in Western
Washington
October
2, 2002, Dead bird surveillance work detects West Nile virus in
Washington.
August
29, 2002, First Washington resident diagnosed with West Nile illness:
exposed to the disease in another state.
August
27, 2002, Washington prepares for West Nile virus with Web site.
August
6, 2002, Man in Washington diagnosed with West Nile virus infection;
likely exposed during stay in Louisiana.
June
6, 2002, State begins mosquito surveillance in preparation for arrival of
West Nile virus in Washington.
January
17, 2002, West Nile virus surveillance finds mosquito species not
previously identified in western United States.
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