Mississippi State Department of Health

2010 Mosquito-Borne Illnesses in Humans and Animals
Updated February 3, 2011

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  West Nile virus Other Mosquito-Borne Illnesses1 WNV
  Human Cases Humans Horses Positive Mosquito Samples 2
Total: 8 0 21 5
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 1 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 0 0 1 0
Franklin 0 0 0 0
George 0 0 3 0
Greene 0 0 0 0
Grenada 0 0 0 0
Hancock 0 0 2 2
Harrison 0 0 3 0
Hinds 0 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 3 1
Jasper 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 0 0 0 0
Jefferson Davis 0 0 0 0
Jones 0 0 1 0
Kemper 0 0 0 0
Lafayette 0 0 0 0
Lamar 0 0 0 0
Lauderdale 0 0 0 0
Lawrence 0 0 0 0
Leake 0 0 0 0
Lee 0 0 0 0
Leflore 3 0 0 0
Lincoln 0 0 0 0
Lowndes 0 0 0 0
Madison 0 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 0 0 2 0
Perry 0 0 0 0
Pike 0 0 1 0
Pontotoc 0 0 0 0
Prentiss 0 0 0 0
Quitman 0 0 0 0
Rankin 0 0 0 0
Scott 1 0 1 0
Sharkey 0 0 0 0
Simpson 0 0 0 0
Smith 0 0 0 0
Stone 0 0 0 0
Sunflower 0 0 0 0
Tallahatchie 1 0 0 0
Tate 1 0 0 0
Tippah 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0
Wayne 0 0 3 0
Webster 0 0 0 0
Wilkinson 0 0 0 0
Winston 0 0 0 0
Yalobusha 0 0 0 0
Yazoo 0 0 0 0

Human case count represents those confirmed by laboratory testing only.

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

For latest figures on animals with mosquito-borne illnesses, including WNV, see the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.

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.



Links referenced on this page
More about these diseases    http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,3951,93,html ok
Mississippi Board of Animal Health    http://www.mbah.state.ms.us/

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