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...Zinner: I don't believe so - what we're seeing is a natural effect of the virus spreading geographically. As the virus moves west, as we've seen this summer, more susceptible adults are exposed. And that means we see more cases...
...TIME: It looks like West Nile virus is sticking around. How nervous should...
...Stephen Zinner: I don't think there's any reason to panic. People should not live in fear of this virus. Just keep mosquito prevention in mind. As we've all been hearing, most healthy adults are not at great risk...
...important to remember that most people [around 80 percent] who are infected by the virus by a mosquito show no recognizable symptoms. Of the 20 percent who do have some recognizable illness, most of it is extremely mild, a "flu-like" symptom, nausea, maybe mild rash, some fatigue. These are symptoms that appear in viral infections in general...
...predict we'll see the virus in California by late this year and early next year. There is an upside to the diffusion of West Nile: whenever a virus like this spreads, most people who are exposed to it will develop immunity and the rate of infection will decline. This is the usual expectation, and it seems to hold for this virus - three years ago we saw an outbreak in New York City, then last year, the infections spread south, and this year it's moving west...