Rainy Weather Promotes West Nile Season

June 20th, 2008 | by admin |

Health officials are warning residents due to heavy rain increasing the likelyhood of west nile carrying mosquitoes
Health officials are warning residents due to heavy rain increasing the likelyhood of west nile carrying mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes contract the virus from feasting off the carcuses of dead birds and when they eventually bite humans, they transfer the virus to them.

A healthy human is not likely to suffer ill effects from the west nile virus, as it preys mainly on the young, old, or people with compromised immune systems.

There are many things that we can do to reduce our risk of being bitten by a mosquito carrying the west nile virus. They include; wearing bug spray when outdoors, wearing pants and shirts when outdoors, removing standing water from around your home, and staying indoors during dawn and dusk.

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  1. One Response to “Rainy Weather Promotes West Nile Season”

  2. By David Moskowitz MD FACP on Jun 20, 2008 | Reply

    My biotech company, GenoMed (OTC Pink Sheets: GMED) has had encouraging results treating West Nile virus encephalitis since 2003: 81% treatment success rate in people (22 of 27), 75% in horses, and 50% in birds. Our first 8 WNV patients were published in a peer-reviewed medical journal in 2004. We’re eager to see if our approach works again this year. Anybody who wants to download our WNV trial protocol can do so for free at any time by clicking on the “West Nile trial” link on our company’s homepage at http://www.genomed.com.

    Dave Moskowitz MD
    CEO & Chief Medical Officer
    GenoMed, Inc.
    http://www.genomed.com

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