DHS Announces First Case of West Nile in California

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3. DHS Announces First Case of West Nile in California 



The California Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on Friday that a Riverside County man appears to be the first locally acquired human case of West Nile virus in California this year. DHS reminds physicians that it is important to know the virus's symptoms and to notify the agency immediately if they suspect a patient is infected. So far this year, West Nile activity has been detected in birds in Riverside, Imperial, and Los Angeles Counties. 

DHS asks physicians to consider West Nile virus in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome. Diagnostic testing can be done for free at DHS's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory. For more information on the clinical features and diagnostic test options for West Nile virus, click here <http://www.calphys.org/html/bb412.asp> .



Brian Potts 
Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service 
MS-IV, UC-Irvine

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<P>The California Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on Friday that a Riverside County man appears to be the first locally acquired human case of West Nile virus in California this year. DHS reminds physicians that it is important to know the virus's symptoms and to notify the agency immediately if they suspect a patient is infected. So far this year, West Nile activity has been detected in birds in Riverside, Imperial, and Los Angeles Counties. </P>
<P>DHS asks physicians to consider West Nile virus in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or atypical Guillain-Barré syndrome. Diagnostic testing can be done for free at DHS's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory. For more information on the clinical features and diagnostic test options for West Nile virus, click here &lt;</FONT><A href="http://www.calphys.org/html/bb412.asp"><U><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>http://www.calphys.org/html/bb412.asp</U></FONT></A><FONT size=2>&gt; .</P></FONT></DIV><BR><BR><STRONG>Brian Potts <BR>Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service</STRONG> <BR>MS-IV, UC-Irvine<p><hr SIZE=1>
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