2011 Mosquito-Borne Illnesses in Humans and Animals

Updated November 29, 2011
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  West Nile virus Other Mosquito-Borne Illnesses1 WNV
  Human Cases Humans Horses Positive Mosquito Samples 2
Total: 52 0 2 31
Adams 0 0 0 0
Alcorn 0 0 0 0
Amite 0 0 0 0
Attala 0 0 0 0
Benton 0 0 0 0
Bolivar 0 0 0 0
Calhoun 0 0 0 0
Carroll 0 0 0 0
Chickasaw 0 0 0 0
Choctaw 0 0 0 0
Claiborne 0 0 0 0
Clarke 0 0 0 0
Clay 0 0 0 0
Coahoma 1 0 0 0
Copiah 0 0 0 0
Covington 0 0 0 0
DeSoto 0 0 0 0
Forrest 7 0 0 21
Franklin 0 0 0 0
George 0 0 0 0
Greene 0 0 0 0
Grenada 0 0 0 0
Hancock 0 0 0 2
Harrison 0 0 0 2
Hinds 8 0 0 1
Holmes 0 0 0 0
Humphreys 0 0 0 0
Issaquena 0 0 0 0
Itawamba 0 0 0 0
Jackson 0 0 0 1
Jasper 1 0 0 0
Jefferson 0 0 0 0
Jefferson Davis 0 0 0 0
Jones 6 0 0 0
Kemper 0 0 0 0
Lafayette 0 0 0 0
Lamar 0 0 0 0
Lauderdale 0 0 1 0
Lawrence 0 0 0 0
Leake 0 0 0 0
Lee 0 0 0 0
Leflore 1 0 0 0
Lincoln 1 0 0 1
Lowndes 0 0 0 0
Madison 7 0 0 1
Marion * 0 0 0 0
Marshall 0 0 0 0
Monroe 0 0 0 0
Montgomery 0 0 0 0
Neshoba 0 0 0 0
Newton 0 0 0 0
Noxubee 0 0 0 0
Oktibbeha 0 0 0 0
Panola 0 0 0 0
Pearl River 7 0 1 0
Perry 0 0 0 0
Pike 0 0 0 1
Pontotoc 0 0 0 0
Prentiss 0 0 0 0
Quitman 0 0 0 0
Rankin 6 0 0 1
Scott 0 0 0 0
Sharkey 0 0 0 0
Simpson 0 0 0 0
Smith 0 0 0 0
Stone 0 0 0 0
Sunflower 1 0 0 0
Tallahatchie 1 0 0 0
Tate 1 0 0 0
Tippah 0 0 0 0
Tishomingo 0 0 0 0
Tunica 0 0 0 0
Union 0 0 0 0
Walthall 0 0 0 0
Warren 0 0 0 0
Washington 2 0 0 0
Wayne 1 0 0 0
Webster 0 0 0 0
Wilkinson 0 0 0 0
Winston 1 0 0 0
Yalobusha 0 0 0 0
Yazoo 0 0 0 0

Human case count represents those confirmed by laboratory testing only.

* A previously reported Marion County case was not confirmed by additional testing from the CDC.

1 Other mosquito-borne illnesses include LaCrosse encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and Eastern Equine encephalitis. More about these diseases

2 Mosquito samples are drawn from mosquito traps statewide. WNV-positive mosquitoes in a sample indicate that WNV is active in the area and could spread to humans.

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