West Nile Virus is claiming more and more lives each year. This virus is new to the United States but it has been around the Middle East for as long as we can find recorded history. Generally West Nile Virus is delivered to us humans via the mosquitoes. A species which has been giving it to us since 6000 B.C. and was very prevalent around 2700 B.C.. Additionally we have found writings dating back that far which tell of another virus causing many to die during one of the Earth's many Solar Maximum cycles. This virus was not West Nile but what we know as Malaria. It was however carried by the same mosquitoes.
Something we should be more concerned with than West Nile as the temperatures stay hot so does the proliferation of Mosquitoes. Here is some information on the little buggers. Which have probably lived over some 400,000 years in various different species. 60 species live in Ohio alone.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2058.html
What can we do? Should we poison all the mosquitoes? Probably not, they are in the food chain and they are eaten by bats, our friends. The bats do not want to eat poisoned mosquitoes, which are tasty. Will the bats get west Nile virus, yes they can, but bats like rats have excellent immune systems and can eat mesquites with West Nile and from what we can tell not have to worry about the disease. Unfortunately the mosquitoes give the disease to birds, horses, cattle, etc all of which get to disease. West Nile virus is an SOB type virus. It generally kills horses and can kill people. Over 1000 cases in people have been diagnosed before the end of summer and fall in the USA and each year the number goes up.
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