WE MAY BE IN A DROUGHT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN MOSQUITOES WON'T BE AROUND THIS SUMMER. AND WITH MOSQUITOES, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR WEST NILE VIRUS. DR. PAUL ETTESTAD WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS 770 KKOB WE'VE BEEN SEEING WEST NILE CASES FOR 10 YEARS NOW. HE SAYS 80 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO DEVELOP WEST NILE HAVE NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL. ANOTHER 10 PERCENT MAY SHOW MILD SYMPTOMS, LIKE FEVER, SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES, MUSCLE ACHES AND POSSIBLY A SKIN RASH.
BUT FOR THOSE OVER 50, SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS CAN ARISE…SUCH AS MENINGITIS. NEW MEXICO HAD 47 HUMAN CASES LAST YEAR, AND ONE FATALITY.
