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Dead birds collected from Santa Rosa and Windsor tested positive for West Nile virus this week, but surveillance of the areas where the birds were found has not revealed any major threat. A western scrub-jay was found dead on Hoen Avenue in Santa Rosa and a dead crow was discovered on Hembree Way in Windsor. Both birds were submitted last week to the Marin-Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District, which confirmed West Nile virus. ``With the increase of temperatures due to our Indian Summer we may experience a boost in mosquito production,'' District Manager Jim Wanderscheid said in a statement released Thursday. ``We plan to continue our general surveillance to ensure that the public's health is protected as well as helping to make the last days of summer comfortable and mosquito free,'' he said. West Nile virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito, which become infected when they feed on an infected bird. Symptoms in humans range from flu-like conditions, such as fever, headache, and nausea to a stiff neck, restlessness, stupor, delirium, and convulsions. This year only one case of West Nile Virus has been recorded in an individual in Sonoma County; two horses have been affected and 14 birds discovered with the virus.
Five dead birds found last month tested positive for West Nile virus, the Marin-Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District said Thursday. Four were found in Sonoma County and one in Marin County. The district reported the results after receiving confirmation of the diagnosis from the state health department. The cases bring this year's total to seven birds, compared to 21 last year, according to the district. Also this year, one person, two horses and one mosquito pool have tested positive for the virus. One horse died of the disease last year. No humans were infected last year. West Nile virus is spread by bites from infected mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are infected when they feed on infected birds. The Sonoma County birds were found Sept. 19 and 23 in the following areas: an American crow near Johnson Street in Sebastopol, a lesser goldfinch in the Lytton Station Road area of Geyserville; a California towhee from the Halyard Drive area in Santa Rosa; and a western scrub-jay found in the Norton Road area of Healdsburg. The Marin County bird was a lesser goldfinch found Sept. 14 in the Fairway Drive area of Novato. Vector control officials are asking people to remove areas of standing water where mosquitoes reproduce, such as kiddie pools, wheelbarrows, pots and gutters. Symptoms of West Nile virus infection range from mild flu-like conditions, such as fever, headache and nausea to a stiff neck, restlessness, stupor, delirium and convulsions. Most cases are mild, but it can be fatal.
Two birds that tested positive for West Nile virus are the first evidence the disease has reached Marin County this year, officials said Thursday. Also, another infected bird turned up in Sonoma County, adding to a list of animals touched by the disease that includes two horses and two other birds. One person also has contracted the disease. Nizza Sequeira of the Marin-Sonoma Vector Control District, said the latest tests were confirmed by the state Health Department on Wednesday. Two western tanagers from Novato and a northern mockingbird in Santa Rosa were found Sept. 6. Sequeira said monitoring is continuing at an east Healdsburg wastewater pond where mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile on Sept. 13. Signs were posted and larvacide was sprayed, she said. The virus, which has killed nine people in California this year, is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, which contract the disease when they feed on infected birds. Symptoms in humans include mild flu-like conditions such as fever, headache, nausea, a stiff neck, restlessness and convulsions. Most cases are mild. In July, a Sonoma County man developed meningitis related to West Nile and survived. It was unclear where he contracted the disease.
This week's announced discovery of West Nile virus in Healdsburg coincides with a major gathering of equine enthusiasts today at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Dressage in the Wine Country will be the perfect venue to remind horse owners of the importance of vaccinating their animals against the disease, which can prove fatal for equines as well as humans. ``People forget and get lax,'' said Karl Bastian, president of the Sonoma County Horse Council. Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus were discovered in a waste pond in east Healdsburg, according to the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District. It's the first time this year that infected mosquitoes have been found in Sonoma County and follows two cases of infection in horses -- one in Santa Rosa in February and another in Petaluma in June. Both of the horses survived. ``Having your horse vaccinated is giving it the protection it needs,'' said Nizza Sequeira, spokeswoman for the vector control district. People also need to take precautions. So far this year, nine people have died in California from West Nile virus, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in three Central Valley counties. In July, a Sonoma County man developed meningitis related to West Nile and survived. It was unclear where he contracted the disease. A single human case was reported in Mendocino County, according to state monitoring agencies. The virus also is active in Lake County, though the state has recorded no human cases there. Authorities are urging the public to eliminate standing water in their yards, stock permanent ponds with mosquitofish and protect themselves from mosquito bites. The virus is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, which contract the disease when they feed on ill birds. Symptoms in humans include mild flulike conditions such as fever, headache, nausea, a stiff neck, restlessness and convulsions. Most cases are mild. Sequeira said officials will increase monitoring at sites where mosquitoes are known to be a problem and could spray these areas if necessary. She said fliers will be posted in Healdsburg near the area where the infected mosquitoes were found. She said the vector control district does not provide more specific information about the location to protect the privacy of residents. ``A lot of times it's in an area where it's on private property,'' Sequeira said. ``We're just protecting those people.''
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been discovered in Healdsburg, according to the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District. It's the first finding of 2007 in Sonoma County and will result in increased surveillance and control of local mosquito populations. District officials are urging the public to eliminate standing water in their yards, stock permanent ponds with mosquitofish and protect themselves from mosquito bites. West Nile virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on an infected bird. Symptoms in humans include mild flu-like conditions, such as fever, headache, nausea, a stiff neck, restlessness, stupor, delirium and convulsions. Most cases are mild but fatalities can occur in extreme cases. Mosquito problems or the discovery of dead birds or squirrels can be reported to the district at (800) 231-3236.
A Sonoma County man who developed meningitis is the second human case of West Nile Virus in the county, health officials said Thursday. The other case was in 2005. The man, whose identity wasn't released, developed symptoms earlier this month and has fully recovered, according to Dr. Leigh Hall, the deputy county health officer. ``It sounds like he's going to be fine,'' Hall said. The symptoms include headache, stiff neck and fever, Hall said. The man, a college student in his 20s, sought care while visiting another county, and it's not known where he contracted the disease.
Trucks may be rumbling through neighborhoods spraying insecticides by the end of the year if something isn't done to control a Laguna-choking waterweed, mosquito control district officials said Thursday. Ludwigia, a weed that has covered more than 155 acres of the Laguna de Santa Rosa, is becoming so thick that neither mosquito larvae-killing pellets nor mosquito fish can get to the mosquitoes to kill them, said Jim Wanderscheid, manager of the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District. Even more worrisome, West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes are already showing up in the district's sampling traps, Wanderscheid said. ``If something isn't done with the Ludwigia, if our larvaciding program won't be effective, if the mosquito fish can't get through, we will be driving down the streets in trucks. It's our only alternative,'' Wanderscheid said. If that happens, the trucks would use an insecticide spray containing pyrethrins, a chemical derived from chrysanthemums and a common ingredient in flea collars. ``This is a purely preventable virus,'' Wanderscheid said. ``We know the cause and we know we can knock down the mosquito population so the virus won't be reproducing. As long as we can prevent illness, we're going to try to prevent it.'' The warning came at a public meeting at the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, where water board staff members will soon make a decision on how to control the Ludwigia. The meeting was called to discuss a different kind of spraying -- to eradicate the weed, not the mosquito. Two agencies, the Sonoma County Water Agency and the state Department of Fish and Game, which manage different parts of the Laguna, are asking the water board for a permit to spray an herbicide on their areas this summer to kill the waterweed. But many of the 40 people attending the meeting spoke in opposition to the use of herbicides on the Laguna. The herbicide proposed is glyphosate, an ingredient in RoundUp and Rodeo. The eradication proposal is part of a five-year plan by the Laguna Foundation, an environmental nonprofit. The foundation wants to get the Ludwigia under control in the next three years, then plant trees, restore native plants and remove sediment from the long-neglected Laguna, the largest wetland on the North Coast. The foundation wants to act now because the plant's rapid growth is destroying the Laguna's ecosystem and threatens the Russian River as well. Last year, Ludwigia had reached a mass of 10,000 tons and is currently doubling in size every 15 to 90 days, said Anna Sears, the Laguna Foundation's research director. The plant removes the dissolved oxygen in water needed by fish, blocks the natural circulation of the water and suffocates native plant species. But some speakers Thursday said they were more concerned about the weedkiller glyphosate than the risk of West Nile disease. Armed with information from the Internet, they said the chemical could travel through the ground water to contaminate wells and cause a variety of cancers. Most scientists, however, regard glyphosate as one of the least toxic herbicides. Animal studies show it isn't a carcinogen, according to the state Department of Pesticide Regulation. Other speakers suggested the concern over West Nile virus might be overstated. They said there was ample time to restore the ecosystem and let the Ludwigia recede to a normal level, even though that process might take many years. ``This is an opportunity to restore and renew the Laguna by employing innovative ideas ... using mushrooms for cleansing wastewater and planting trees for riparian zones,'' said Magick Altman, a Sebastopol activist and the coordinator of Laguna Lovers, an anti-spraying group. ``I would hate to see anyone get sick from West Nile,'' Altman said. ``But there were only 3,587 illnesses and 211 deaths in the U.S. in the last three years. That's one death in 4 million. It's the bogeyman in the middle of the room.'' Figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control show a total for 2003 and 2004 of 12,332 West Nile illnesses and 352 deaths nationwide. Leigh Hall, the county's deputy public health officer, said 20 percent of those bitten by West Nile-infected mosquitoes will become ill -- many with severe flu-like symptoms that persist for weeks. About one in 150 will die or fall victim to a persistent polio-like disease, encephalitis or meningitis. ``It's a significant health threat,'' Hall said.
As of Wednesday, 36 human cases of West Nile disease had been detected statewide so far this year. Two of those cases have been fatal. The virus is active in Sonoma County. Two horses have contracted the disease this year. A single human case was reported in Mendocino County, according to state monitoring agencies. The virus also is active in Lake County, though the state has recorded no human cases. Kern County has had the most cases of human West Nile Virus in the state this year with 28 through Wednesday, state monitors said. The Sonoma County man had traveled to Kern County, which also has had both of the West Nile deaths, adding to the uncertainty about where he contracted the disease. West Nile Virus is most often transmitted to humans by bites from mosquitoes that have been infected by feeding on infected birds. The virus is not spread by person-to-person contact. The incubation period for the virus is between two days and 15 days. The Sonoma/Marin Mosquito Vector Control District has examined the man's neighborhood to see if there are areas where mosquitoes are breeding like ponds, creeks, abandoned pools or other standing water. ``We do know that West Nile Virus is here, somewhere in the county,'' Hall said. ``The peak period is still to come, so we are probably on the upswing.'' The peak period is mid- to late-August. About 80 percent of people infected by the virus don't get any symptoms and up to 20 percent will show mild symptoms like fever, headache and nausea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Less than 1 percent will develop severe symptoms, including convulsions, paralysis and coma. In 2006, the disease killed seven of the 278 people infected in across the state. In Sonoma County's other human case, in 2005, a 58-year-old man also was stricken with meningitis. He recovered fully, health officials said at the time. Officials said people can protect themselves by eliminating standing water on their property. They also can use proper repellent with DEET and wear clothes that cover the body, including arms and legs, when going outside at dawn and dusk.
Health authorities on Friday confirmed Mendocino County's first human case of West Nile Virus. It's not known whether the man contracted the mosquito-borne illness in Mendocino County or elsewhere, said Mendocino County Public Health Nursing Director Carol Whittingslow. He fell ill in Mendocino County but had recently spent several weeks in the Central Valley, she said. The man was suffering symptoms but in stable condition, Whittingslow said. She would not divulge the man's name, where in the county he resides nor where he is being treated, citing privacy laws. He was hospitalized, but not in Mendocino County, Whittingslow said. Cases of West Nile Virus have been rare on the North Coast. One person was diagnosed with the illness in Sonoma County in 2005. Two people were diagnosed last year in Lake County. So far in 2007, seven people have contracted the disease statewide, including a Kern County woman who became the first West Nile death of the year. Last year, there were 278 human cases of the disease with seven fatalities statewide. Symptoms vary, but may include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a rash.
A second Lake County woman has been diagnosed with West Nile virus, according to the Lake County Health Services Department. The woman was treated and is now recovering from the mosquito-borne infection, said Lake County Public Health Nursing Director Jane MacLean. Her illness was reported to the health department last week, she said. Citing confidentiality regulations, Mac-Lean declined to identify the woman or where she lives. Another Lake County woman was diagnosed with the virus in early September. Statewide, there have been 242 confirmed cases of the virus in humans, according to the state's West Nile Web site. Sonoma County last year had a single case of human virus infection but none so far this year. Mendocino County has reported none. Butte County has reported the most, 30. The fourth West Nile-related fatality in the state also was reported in Butte County this week. MacLean recommended avoiding the virus by staying indoors at dusk and dawn, using mosquito repellent and eliminating standing water where mosquitoes breed.
A middle-aged Lake County woman is recovering after contracting a severe case of West Nile virus, the first on the North Coast this year. Dr. Craig McMillan, Lake County health officer, said the woman remains hospitalized but is recuperating from the infection. McMillan declined to identify the woman, or where she lives. It's the first reported human case of virus infection in Lake County, although eight cases of infected birds and horses have been reported in the county so far this summer. Sonoma County last year had a single case of human virus infection. Mendocino County has had none since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus three years ago. To date this year, only two virus- related fatalities have been reported, in Butte and Contra Costa counties, compared to 19 statewide last year. State statistics show that while the overall pace of virus-related infections appears to have slowed this year, virus outbreaks are the heaviest in the Sacramento Valley instead of Southern California, as in 2005. Counties topping the list of 130 reported human infections this year include Butte, Sacramento and Sutter. McMillan said laboratory testing confirmed the Lake County woman had contracted the virus. McMillan described her case as ``severe,'' which is unusual. The woman began experiencing neurological problems about two weeks ago and was hospitalized, McMillan said. She has since shown significant signs of improvement, he said. McMillan said most people infected with the virus typically experience few symptoms. He said up to 15 percent of past patients have had only mild to moderate symptoms such as fever, headache and body aches. McMillan said the patient doesn't know how she contracted the virus, McMillan said. ``She has not been traveling. She simply has no idea when or where she might have been bitten by a mosquito,'' he said. McMillan recommended ways to avoid infection, including: * Apply insect repellent with DEET, picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus. * Eliminate all sources of standing water that support mosquito breeding. * Avoid spending time outside when mosquitoes are most active, especially at dawn or the first two hours after sunset. * Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts outdoors. * All doors and windows should have tight-fitting screens.
West Nile virus has claimed its first human victim in California this year, an elderly woman in Butte County, but human and animal infections are running well below last year's levels in the North Bay and statewide, officials said. The fatality ``reminds us that we must take precautions to protect ourselves and our families from mosquito bites,'' said Dr. Mark Horton, state public health officer. However, the lone death comes after the mosquito-borne virus killed 19 people in California last year and 28 in 2004. It's too soon to declare a downward trend, with about two months remaining in the season for the virus, which has infected 1,827 people and killed 48 since arriving in California in 2002. But officials say the rate of infection may be waning in the face of a multimillion-dollar statewide mosquito-eradication campaign. Only 58 human cases have been reported this year, compared with 174 cases statewide at this time in 2005 and a total of 935 human infections last year. ``It's good news; very good news,'' Michelle Mussuto, state Department of Health Services spokeswoman, said before the fatality was announced Thursday. Officials are quick to warn that the annual skirmish is not over and the war against West Nile virus will never be won because the virus will remain in wild birds. ``We don't want people to get complacent,'' said Leigh Hall, Sonoma County deputy health director. Residents should still take precautions against mosquitoes, and report dead birds to the state online at www.westnile.ca.gov or by calling the hot line at (877) 968-2473. ``It's too soon to say we dodged a bullet,'' Mussuto said, noting that mosquitoes remain active into October. Technicians with the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District are currently monitoring thousands of urban and rural water sources -- creeks, ponds, roadside ditches and irrigated pastures -- for the insects, said Nizza Sequeira, district spokeswoman. The district's primary strategy is to kill water-dwelling mosquito larvae by introducing mosquito fish, bacterial insecticide or a growth-regulating hormone. About 70 local agencies fight mosquitoes statewide with their own resources plus $3 million from the state and $1.5 million worth of abatement work by the Department of Fish and Game. Aggressive mosquito control efforts are part of the reason for West Nile virus' minimal presence in Sonoma County this year, Hall said. So far, only three dead birds have tested positive for the virus, with no human or horse infections found, according to state records. The county had one human and one horse case last year, along with 78 infected birds. The virus arrived in the county in 2004, with one horse infection and 49 in birds. Other North Bay counties are also free of human and horse infections this year. Lake County has reported three infected dead birds, while Mendocino and Marin each have two birds, and Napa reported one infected bird, according to state and local news reports. Lake County is alone among North Bay counties with two virus-infected mosquito samples this year. Other possible reasons for a slowing rate of infection, Hall said, are a growing immunity to the virus in people and in birds, and people taking greater care to avoid mosquito bites. About 80 percent of people infected by the virus have no symptoms and gain immunity from the disease. About one in five experiences mild illness; one in 150 becomes severely or fatally ill. Hall said many experts expect West Nile virus to eventually settle into a permanent, endemic pattern with a low rate of human infection. Other viruses have done so, including the western equine encephalitis, which infected 45 people in California from 1964-68. There were eight cases in the 1970s and 80s and none since then, but the virus remains a threat. In 1997, it turned up in a flock of ``sentinel'' chickens used to monitor mosquito-borne disease in Santa Rosa. Like the equine virus, West Nile will linger. ``It's not going away,'' Mussuto said. ``West Nile virus is here to stay.''
A Petaluma man became ill with West Nile virus earlier this month in the first documented case of the mosquito-borne disease infecting a human in Sonoma County. The 58-year-old was stricken with meningitis, a rare form of West Nile disease, and has recovered fully, according to the county health department. The man lives in southwest Petaluma near I Street, but is believed to have contracted the disease while traveling in Sacramento. His name was not released because of privacy concerns. Health officials delayed releasing information about the man's illness because of the time it takes for tests to confirm the presence of West Nile virus. ``We have been expecting a human infection with West Nile virus since there has been widespread evidence of the virus in Sonoma County and surrounding counties,'' Leigh Hall, the county's deputy health officer, said Sunday. ``We are happy that this first case was not severe and that the man has recovered.'' West Nile is spread by mosquitoes. In addition to the Petaluma man, the virus has been confirmed in 22 birds and one horse in Sonoma County so far this year. Most people bitten by West Nile-carrying mosquitoes show no symptoms. About 20 percent of those infected have flu-like symptoms, including fever, headache, nausea, body aches or a skin rash. About one in every 150 people bitten by an infected mosquito contracts the neuroinvasive form of the disease, which can cause encephalitis, meningitis, paralysis or death. People affected by the disease usually don't know they have been infected and don't go to the doctor. Therefore, statistical information is based on retrospective studies in which health officials take blood samples to see if people have antibodies showing they have been exposed to West Nile virus. Sacramento is suspected as the source of the Petaluma man's illness because he traveled there shortly before he went to his doctor's office suffering from headache, fever and fatigue. Sacramento County is in the throes of a West Nile epidemic, which has seen the number of human cases skyrocket from six to 58 in the past three weeks. That is nearly twice the number of any other county in the state. By contrast, none of the mosquitoes captured in Sonoma County sampling traps this year has tested positive for West Nile, said Jim Wanderscheid, manager of the Marin-Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District. The mosquito-control district is now intensifying its efforts in southwest Petaluma, scouring the area for places where mosquitoes breed and setting out sampling traps, Wanderscheid said. ``If the samples come back positive, he probably got the disease here. If they come back negative, I strongly suspect he got it in Sacramento,'' Wanderscheid said. West Nile virus has now been confirmed in people in five Bay Area counties -- Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. San Francisco has no mosquito-control district and is paying bicycle messengers to drop packets of larvacides into city storm drains. In Sacramento County, officials are using airplanes to spray a pyrethrin insecticide mist across 71,000 acres in the northern part of the county, including the city of Sacramento.
A helicopter carrying larvicide to squelch a booming mosquito population dropped its pellets Monday on 16 acres of flood control channels near Rohnert Park and 96 acres of the Laguna de Santa Rosa, a tributary of the Russian River. Mosquito control is a priority this year, as Sonoma County enters the second year of West Nile virus infection, typically the time when most human cases arise. So far this year in Sonoma County there have been one horse infection and 11 bird deaths linked to West Nile virus, but no human cases. The first human case of West Nile virus in the Bay Area occurred last week in a Solano County woman. The victim, whose name was not released, was recovering from flu-like symptoms - headache, fever, stiff neck and rash, according to the Solano County health department. Monday's helicopter spraying took place after more than 700 mosquitoes were found in a trap set by the mosquito control district. That's almost twice the peak number found in a single trap in 2004 - 382 mosquitoes, said Chris Canterbury, a spokesman for the Marin-Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District, based in Cotati. The larva-killing pellets don't attack adult mosquitoes, but destroy the juvenile form of the insect so the larvae can't hatch into mosquitoes and fly. It's the third time this year the district has brought in a helicopter and used its rotor wash to push the pellets through dense mats of Ludwigia waterweeds to the Laguna's surface, where the material can be ingested by the larvae. The larviciding occurred just as the Laguna Foundation, an environmental group seeking to restore the Laguna, began spraying herbicides in the same flood control channels to kill the fast-growing Ludwigia. If enough Ludwigia is killed, the mosquito control district could stop using helicopters and rely on mosquito fish and occasional larviciding by truck along the edges of the Laguna, Canterbury said. ``That's our hope,'' he said. Before the invasive Ludwigia took hold ``we didn't get a lot of production of mosquitoes in the middle of the Laguna, just along the edges, which we could get to by field equipment.'' Statewide this year there have been 56 human infections of West Nile virus in 14 counties, and two deaths, one each in Kings and Riverside counties.
Are the potential side effects of spraying insecticides and herbicides worth the public health benefits? It depends. Three decades ago, the United States banned the spraying of DDT. Malaria, the dangerous mosquito-borne disease, wasn't a problem in the United States, and DDT was threatening the extinction of many bird species, including the bald eagle. In Africa, however, malaria is a leading killer of young children. For this reason, public health officials believe that the benefits of the insecticide outweigh its risks, and are pleading with American aid agencies to fund programs that make use of DDT. Even environmental organizations recognize the benefits of limited use of DDT in Third World countries where nothing else works. The stakes are nowhere as high in the Sonoma County debate regarding the use of herbicides and insecticides to control West Nile virus -- although the language used by some people opposed to spraying would have the public believe otherwise. For one thing, the herbicide that is being proposed to kill ludwigia -- the plant that's blanketing the Laguna de Santa Rosa -- is glyphosate, an ingredient in the common household herbicides RoundUp and Rodeo. Second, the active ingredient in the insecticide that might be sprayed in neighborhoods to kill mosquitoes (which carry West Nile virus) is pyrethrin, a chemical derived from chrysanthemums and an ingredient in flea collars. While both sprays have side effects, they aren't life-threatening. West Nile virus, on the other hand, can lead to death or serious health effects to one in 150 people who contract the disease. Anti-spray activists argue that people should protect themselves by using repellants and by wearing long sleeves, pants and hats at dusk. We agree. But there will always be people who forget to take precautions, or who are bitten anyway. People who don't like spraying also argue that the odds of contracting West Nile are low. Maybe so -- but that won't matter to the friends and family of the person who dies from the disease. And the fact is, the chances of a serious West Nile outbreak could be higher in Sonoma County this year due to the late rains and to the ludwigia, which provides a perfect nursery for mosquito larvae. Spraying isn't always worth the risk -- but this year, in this county, it's the right thing to do.
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