US West Nile Virus activity and deaths in 2006

The results are in, and they're not good: of 3,135 human cases of West Nile virus infection in the United States this year, 97 were fatal, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC wants to remind everyone that virus transmission may still be occurring in many parts of the country, so don't let your guard down. Continue to keep insect repellent handy, wear long sleeves and long pants and get rid of mosquito breeding sites in the yard (like standing water in buckets or pools). Mosquitoes will be active until the first frost in your area.

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