wnv.wsu.edu
For more information about the WSU Cooperative Extension West Nile
virus Web site,
contact Tom Platt.
Washington
State University Cooperative Extension has created a Web site to
help citizens find answers to questions about West Nile virus.
The
WSU site at wnv.wsu.edu
links users to many useful resources across the nation, according
to Tom Platt, coordinator of Extension's West Nile virus education
project. 'The site has general information on West Nile virus plus
an extensive list of links and other resources, including guidelines
for reducing mosquitoes at home and preventing mosquito bites,'
Platt said. 'You can access this information at the county extension
office if you don't have a computer.'
West
Nile virus is a disease of birds that is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Occasionally, an infected mosquito passes the disease to horses
or humans. This year, West Nile virus has occurred throughout
the
United States in all but five western states and Rhode Island.
Generally, the virus is first detected in birds, followed by
mosquitoes, horses
and then humans, progressing from birds to humans over a month's
period of time and spreading across the country from east to west
beginning in late spring and ending in the fall.
Dennis Brown
Information Department |
