CHICKASHA —
A Grady County resident that was diagnosed with West Nile Virus last week is almost back to full health and all symptoms of the virus have been alleviated according to Grady Memorial Hospital Infection Control Practitioner Brad Warden.
Warden said the virus affects everyone differently.
"It's a lot like the flu or pneumonia," Warden said. "Some people have the flu and think they just have a cold."
Warden said age will often dramatically impact the severity of West Nile on a patient.
Warden said the Oklahoma State Department of Health did confirm that the patient most likely received the bite in Grady County.
"The OSDH will does an investigation looking into the activity of a patient inside and outside of the county," Warden said. "The state believes the received the bite inside Grady County."
Warden said the patient was unaware that he had a bite when he was diagnosed.
Warden said there has been another case of West Nile in Grady County, but there was no way to confirm whether that patient received the bite here.
"It was a younger guy and when the lab reports came back in showed an older chronic version of the virus," Warden said. "It probably did happen in Grady, but we just don't know when."
The investigation process for tracking down where West Nile bites come from is Federally regulated according to Warden.
Spokesperson for the OSDH Pam Williams said confirmed that according to their records there has only been one confirmed case of West Nile Virus in Grady County.
Williams said the OSDH updates a spread sheet for the public every Tuesday and Thursday regarding new West Nile cases.
As of now there have been 93 reported West Nile cases in Oklahoma with 57 hospitalizations and five deaths from the virus.
Information on Oklahoma's residents interaction with the virus can be found at www.health.ok.gov.
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August 30, 2012
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