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Tuesday August 7 10:09 AM ET

Baltimore Claims West Nile Problem

BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore declared itself the epicenter of the West Nile Virus this year and announced it would spray a city park with pesticides for mosquitoes.

Source URL: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010807/us/west_nile_baltimore_1.html

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Tuesday July 17 10:45 AM ET

West Nile Virus Detected in Georgia

ATLANTA (Reuters) - West Nile virus (news - web sites), a mosquito-borne illness that has killed nine people and infected dozens in the Northeastern United States in recent years, has been found in a dead crow in southern Georgia, state officials said.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010717/sc/health_westnile_dc_2.html

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Friday July 27 5:20 PM ET

West Nile Virus Migrates to Southeast

By Emma Hitt, PhD ATLANTA (Reuters Health) - So far this year, West Nile virus (news - web sites) (WNV) activity in the US has spread from the northeast to two states in the southeast--Florida and Georgia--according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) (CDC).

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010727/hl/virus_1.html

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Thursday August 2 2:04 PM ET

West Nile Vaccine for Horses OK'd

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department has conditionally approved a vaccine to prevent horses from getting West Nile virus (news - web sites), a potentially fatal illness.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010802/sc/west_nile_vaccine_1.html

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Tuesday August 7 4:54 PM ET

Baltimore Official Retracts West Nile Remark

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Baltimore may get its first human case of West Nile virus (news - web sites) this summer, but local health commissioner Peter Beilenson says he went too far in describing the city as the new U.S. ``epicenter'' for the sometimes-fatal disease.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010807/sc/health_westnile_dc_6.html

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