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924: Mosquitoes and Malaria XIV – Worldwide in Brief: Mexico / California / the USA: Cases and Fatalities
29 October, 2009

Gleaned from: IRIN-News and research sites…

Mexico 2007

Malaria: Prophylaxis with chloroquine is recommended for only a small number of areas not usually visited by travelers, including the areas near the Guatemala and Belize borders in the states of Chiapas, Quintana Roo, and Tabasco; rural areas in the states of Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa; and the areas between 24°N and 28°N latitude, and 106°W and 110°W longitude, which lie in parts of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango. There is no malaria risk in the major resorts along the Pacific and Gulf Coasts or along the US-Mexico border. This may have been true in 2007 – I strongly doubt it, and I have my reasons. No one, and no country, can predict or dictate what or where – but this is 2009, 24 months or 730 days, later…More than ample time for the female anopheles mosquito to know what to do, and do what it has to do…

However, travelers are required to, or must, be vaccinated against the following diseases: Hepatitis A & B, Typhoid Fever, Rabies, Measles-Mumps-Rubella, and Tetanus-Diphtheria – and these are diseases that are no jokes, and are transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito or caused by, or result from, malaria…except rabies which results from (rabid) canine-bites

Canine: members of the dog family – dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes

California

Sonoma Mosquito: Sporadic locally-acquired cases occur every year and leave no doubt that malaria could easily regain a foothold. 16 Locally acquired malaria cases were reported in California. Each time, swift response by health officials and the mosquito abatement districts prevented the disease from becoming re-established. There was one large outbreak that occurred in Nevada County, where Anopheles freeborni around a Lake Vira campground bit a marine recently back from Asia and over several months transmitted the infection to more than 35 girl-scouts and other campers. The girls had already returned to their homes scattered throughout California and Nevada before their infections began to be diagnosed – Only one man or woman! Who would believe such Horse-shit? By God and Satan!

An undocumented labourer was the probable source of a similar outbreak in San Diego County that affected over 30 migrant farm-workers and local residents before it was stopped; Anopheles hermsi was the carrier. Two hurricanes that battered western Mexico in 1997 were followed by a dramatic rise in malaria along the Pacific coast. Health officials for the state of Oaxaca recorded 10,755 cases – up from 586 the year before.

The USA

The majority of malaria infections in the USA occur among persons who have travelled to areas with ongoing transmission. In the US, cases can occur through exposure to infected blood products, congenital transmission, or through mosquito-borne transmission.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Western Equine Encephalitis – relating to, belonging to, or affecting, horses, donkeys, and zebras – occur in the US where they cause diseases in humans and some bird species. Because of the high mortality rate, EEE and WEE are regarded as two of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases in the USA. Symptoms range from mild flu-like illness to encephalitis, coma and death. Viruses that are carried by arthropods – blood-sucking insects such as ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes are known collectively as arboviruses. Arboviruses contain RNA, exist in over 500 species, and include the viruses that cause encephalitis, yellow fever, dengue fever, and the West Nile virus. The West Nile virus was accidentally introduced into the United States in 1999 and by 2003 had spread to almost every state with over 3,000 cases in 2006 – I say: accidentally on purpose, by the original femme fatale, and today, as to the facts and figures, anyone’s guess is as good as anyone else’s

Fight the Bite – Year to Date – California West Nile Virus Website

4 WNV-fatalities were reported: Fresno 1, Los Angeles 1, Merced 1, and Stanislaus 1… 91 human-cases from 17 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…so far, and those were only the reported cases…

17 horses from 11 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…so far…

497 dead birds from 36 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…

7 new WNV-positive mosquito samples were reported from the following counties: Kern 1, Los Angeles 5, and Riverside 1… 1,054 mosquito-samples from 27 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…

422 sentinel-chickens from 23 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…recorded cases only

9 squirrels from 7 counties tested positive for WNV in 2009…known cases only. There could be thousands of sentinel-chickens and squirrels roaming – or dead and dying – in the US with WNV and other mosquito-transmitted diseases…

As of 29th September 2009, 395 human-cases had been reported nationwide in the following 32 states: Arizona 15, Arkansas 1, California 60, Colorado 51, Georgia 3, Idaho 8, Illinois 1, Indiana 3, Iowa 3, Kansas 7, Kentucky 2, Louisiana 13, Minnesota 1, Mississippi 37, Missouri 1, Montana 3, Nebraska 33, Nevada 12, New Jersey 2, New Mexico 6, New York 1, North Dakota 1, Ohio 2, Oklahoma 4, Oregon 7, Pennsylvania 2, South Carolina 3, South Dakota 14, Tennessee 2, Texas 64, Washington 25, and Wyoming 8.

Of the 395 individuals, 202 had neurotic-invasive illness – encephalitis. The median age of the 395 was 53 years, range: 2-91 years; 58% were male… 12 fatalities had been reported as of 29th September: California 2, Idaho 1, Indiana 1, Mississippi 3, New Mexico 1, Texas 3, and Wyoming 1…these are known or recorded cases only. Multiply 395 by 10 at least in order to have just an idea of the situation…I would multiply 395 by 100

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