Bird In Pulaski County Has West Nile
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
West Nile virus has been found in a bird in Pulaski County. That`s the announcement today from the state Health Department. That brings to 14 the number of counties where the
virus has been reported this year.
The department announced a human case in Jefferson County
yesterday, the first this year in Arkansas.
Earlier, birds tested positive for the virus in Arkansas,
Benton, Clark, Cleburne, Crawford, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Little
River, Mississippi, Sebastian, and Union counties. Horses also have
tested positive in Logan and Sebastian counties, and a positive
mosquito pool was reported in Greene County.
Last year, the state had 43 confirmed human cases, resulting in
five deaths.
