West Nile virus hits-all time record – Infographic
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EL PASO – With less than two months before the year ends, national and local health authorities are still treating cases of people with West Nile virus mosquito bites. A record number of cases has been reported making 2012 the worst year in history since 2003, confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Texas leads outbreak with more than a third of the total cases reported in the country – 1,754 of 5,054, according to CDC. On a media briefing held by U.S. health officials in Houston in early September, David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services declared this year as the worst in the state of Texas for West Nile. In the Southwest, those identified with West Nile virus live in eight different zip code areas of El Paso county.