Washington, Aug 22 (EFE).-the number of deaths in United States West Nile virus, which is spread through mosquito bites, climbed last week to 41, 1,118 affected, in addition to which a level record, according to the Centers for Control and prevention of diseases (CDC).

“the number of cases of West Nile in people has increased considerably in recent weeks and indicates that we are in one of the largest outbreaks of the virus that has been experienced in this country,” warned in a conference call the director of CDC, Lyle Petersen. infections

in just one week the number of cases by this virus detected grew from 693 to 1,118, which is the largest registry in a third week of August since we found the virus in 1999.

while deaths from this cause went from 26 to 41.

< p> So far this year, 47 of the 50 States in the country have reported infection of this virus in people, birds or mosquitoes, although the incidence is particularly serious in the South of United States.

three of every four cases in the last week were concentrated in five Southern States: Mississippi, Louisiana, Dakota South, particularly Texas and Oklahoma, the more affected.

until Tuesday had been already recorded 21 deaths and 586 cases in Texas, according to the local authorities, and the week past Mike Rawlings, the Mayor of Dallas, one of the largest cities in the State, signed a declaration of emergency due to the spread of the virus.

of 1,118 cases last week, 56% suffer symptoms classified as inflammation of the brain or the surrounding tissues, which usually manifest as encephalitis or meningitis.

the autoriteiten aan herinnerd dat in de omgeving van een van elke 150 mensen die besmet zijn door deze ziekte virus op een ernstige manier. stort

de rest kan symptomen zoals koorts, hoofdpijn, pijn in het lichaam, pijn in de gewrichten, braken, diarree of huiduitslag huid. presenteren

met hoger risico zijn mensen die ouder dan 50 jaar van leeftijd en degenen die lijden onder ziekten zoals kanker, diabetes of nierziekte, evenals degenen die hebben ondergaan transplantaties van organen.

ondanks dit, de meeste mensen die het virus via een muggenbeet gecontracteerd is niet op de hoogte van het hebben van het, aangezien in 80% van de gevallen lijden niet symptomen.

fundamentele bronnen van besmetting van het virus, die kwam naar de Verenigde Staten.UU. Afrika in 1999, zijn de beten van geïnfecteerde muggen en, in uitzonderlijke gevallen, door middel van transfusies en transplantaties. Nooit door direct contact. EFE