Brea: Family Says Relative Died of Suspected West Nile Complications, Urges Stronger Vector-Control Reporting
Brea is a city in Orange County, California. Brea resident Rebecca Nelson Salas told the city council on October 6 that her 47-year-old brother developed flu-like symptoms in early September that progressed to meningitis and encephalitis, and that he died after 11 days in intensive care, in a case suspected to be linked to West Nile virus. She urged stronger neighborhood mosquito treatment and vector control, along with real-time reporting of infections in humans, birds and mosquitoes.
City staff said vector control relies on county data and the city is working to improve access to that information.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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