Flu Surveillance — May 21, 2013
DSHS’s latest flu surveillance report, for the week ending May 18, classifies the geographic distribution of flu activity in Texas as “sporadic,” indicating small numbers of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases or a single laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreak, but no increase in cases of influenza-like illness.
Additionally, the intensity of influenza-like illness, measuring the proportion of doctor visits prompted by flu-like illness, is currently classified as “minimal.”
Flu is not a reportable condition in Texas, but DSHS relies on reports from a surveillance network to classify flu activity. DSHS reports the weekly classifications to the CDC.
Latest Available DSHS Weekly Flu Surveillance Report (updated on Fridays)
Historical DSHS Flu Surveillance Reports
TexasFlu.org
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West Nile — 2012
DSHS has confirmed 1,868 human cases of West Nile illness in Texas in 2012, including 89 deaths.
West Nile is a mosquito-borne virus. There are two forms of the illness, West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and West Nile fever (WN fever). The symptoms of severe infection from West Nile neuroinvasive disease include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness and paralysis. West Nile fever is the milder form of the illness. Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, and occasionally a skin rash on the trunk of the body and swollen lymph glands.
DSHS reminds Texans to reduce the risk of exposure by eliminating standing water and other mosquito breeding areas; making sure door, porch and window screens are in good condition; and using a repellent that contains DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535 when outdoors.
*Human West Nile Cases By County for 2012
| County |
Deaths |
WNND |
WN Fever |
Total Cases |
| Andrews |
2 |
10 |
2 |
12 |
| Angelina |
|
9 |
10 |
19 |
| Archer |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Austin |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Bailey |
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Bastrop |
|
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Bell |
2 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
| Bexar |
2 |
19 |
12 |
31 |
| Blanco |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Bowie |
|
8 |
6 |
14 |
| Brazoria |
|
4 |
4 |
8 |
| Brazos |
|
8 |
5 |
13 |
| Brewster |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Brown |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Burleson |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Burnet |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Calhoun |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Cameron |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Camp |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Carson |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Cass |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Castro |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Cherokee |
1 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
| Collin |
4 |
22 |
42 |
64 |
| Colorado |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Comal |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Comanche |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Concho |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Cooke |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Coryell |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Crosby |
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Dallas |
19 |
175 |
221 |
396 |
| Dawson |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
| DeWitt |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Deaf Smith |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Denton |
2 |
54 |
129 |
183 |
| Dickens |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Ector |
1 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
| El Paso |
6 |
21 |
11 |
32 |
| Ellis |
2 |
9 |
17 |
26 |
| Erath |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Fannin |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Fayette |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| Fisher |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Floyd |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Fort Bend |
|
4 |
10 |
14 |
| Freestone |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Frio |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Galveston |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Gillespie |
|
0 |
0
|
0 |
| Glasscock |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Grayson |
|
6 |
6 |
12 |
| Gregg |
1 |
17 |
13 |
30 |
| Grimes |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Guadalupe |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Hale |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Hansford |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Harris |
4 |
57 |
44 |
101 |
| Harrison |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Hays |
|
5 |
1 |
6 |
| Hemphill |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Henderson |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Hidalgo |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Hill |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Hood |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Hopkins |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Howard |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Hunt |
|
10 |
5 |
15 |
| Hutchinson |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Jack |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Jefferson |
|
4 |
6 |
10 |
| Johnson |
|
6 |
7 |
13 |
| Kaufman |
|
8 |
3 |
11 |
| Kerr |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Lamar |
1 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
| Lamb |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Lavaca |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Liberty |
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
| Limestone |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Lipscomb |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Lubbock |
|
13 |
4 |
17 |
| Madison |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Martin |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| McLennan |
2 |
31 |
13 |
44 |
| Midland |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Milam |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Mitchell |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Montague |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Montgomery |
1 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
| Moore |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Navarro |
|
3 |
5 |
8 |
| Nolan |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Nueces |
1 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
| Oldham |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Orange |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Panola |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Parker |
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Polk |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Potter |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Presidio |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Rains |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Randall |
|
9 |
9 |
18 |
| Red River |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Robertson |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Rockwall |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Rusk |
|
9 |
3 |
12 |
| Sabine |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Schleicher |
|
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Scurry |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Shelby |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Smith |
|
13 |
9 |
22 |
| Starr |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Stevens |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Tarrant |
11 |
105 |
154 |
259 |
| Taylor |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Titus |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
| Tom Green |
|
3 |
10 |
13 |
| Travis |
6 |
59 |
92 |
151 |
| Trinity |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Upshur |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Val Verde |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Van Zandt |
|
2 |
6 |
8 |
| Victoria |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Walker |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Waller |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Washington |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Wharton |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Wichita |
|
0 |
5 |
5 |
| Willacy |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Williamson |
1 |
12 |
14 |
26 |
| Wise |
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
| Wood |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Yoakum |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Young |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Zavala |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Totals |
89 |
844 |
1024 |
1868 |
* DSHS will update this page after the first case of West Nile illness is confirmed this season.
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