WEATHER ALERT
West Nile Virus
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- North Texan At Least 55th Texas West Nile Death
- El Paso Woman At Least 54th Texas West Nile Death
- Health Officials Expect Fewer Cases Of West Nile After Rains
- Another West Nile Death Reported In North Texas
- CDC: Nation On Track For Deadliest West Nile Year
- 2 More West Nile Deaths Reported In North Texas
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- Special West Nile Broadcast
- Georgetown Spraying Pesticide To Keep Mosquitoes At Bay
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- Questions Remain For Austin West Nile Spraying
- West Nile Found Across Austin
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- Mosquito Relief For Central Texas Still Months Away
- Breaking Down West Nile Virus Risk
- El Paso Reports West Nile Death, TX Death Toll Climbs To 44
- West Nile Worriers Crowd ER's
- Worst Year Ever For West Nile In Texas
- Substantial Percentage Of West Nile Cases Being Confirmed by Blood Banks
- 2nd West Nile Death Confirmed In Travis County
- Officials Report 36th Texas West Nile death
- Texas West Nile Cases More Than Double In 2 Weeks
- 2 More Texas West Nile Fever Deaths Reported
- 2 More West Nile Fever Deaths Reported In Texas
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- Pesticide Alternatives To Ward Off Mosquitoes
- Researchers Make Progress on West Nile Vaccine
- Dallas Area West Nile Virus Spraying Interrupted
- Williamson County, Like Texas, Having Unusually Bad Year For West Nile
- West Nile Death Confirmed In Williamson County
- Dallas-Area Aerial Spraying For Mosquitoes Starts Thursday Night
- Dallas Signs Up For Aerial Spraying Over West Nile Virus
- West Nile Virus Changing Behaviors
- 17 Cases Of West Nile Virus Reported In Travis County
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- 2 Diagnosed With West Nile Virus In Williamson County, 2 in Hays County
- Texas Seeing Bulk Of West Nile Cases
Officials Report 36th Texas West Nile death
Updated: Friday, September 7 2012, 12:52 PM CDT
(AP) -- North Texas officials report a suburban Fort Worth resident has become the 36th Texan to die of West Nile fever this year.
A Tarrant County Public Health statement Thursday says a Hurst resident in his 80s with underlying health conditions had died of the fever caused by the mosquito-borne virus.
That brings the death toll in the Dallas-Fort Worth area this year to at least 22. Texas is the nation's West Nile fever hotbed, with the Dallas-Fort Worth area as the state's West Nile hotbed.
Mosquitoes spread the virus from birds to people. Symptoms include moderate to high fever and severe pain in the head, muscles, joints and eyes. Other symptoms can be mental changes, fatigue, nausea and respiratory trouble. Severe symptoms include neck stiffness, disorientation, coma and paralysis.
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