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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, October 28, 2003--3 v'No residents got West Nule ý ineso The Champion excruciating" muscle/joint pain Dr. Nosal said quick testmng of [p( . O U U L Hatnhsgn rmbig ada body rash, among other mosquito traps for the virus was e c o fis North America's West Nile virus things. key. e c o fis hot spot st year to recording no Mr. Stevens, who moved to "Tisere was timely data on where Ifn C so o s cases of human infection tbis year. Brantford three months ago, credits the higli activity was," he said. 1 0 C s o e s media coverage and public service announcements throughout the spring and summer about the mos- quito-borne virus and its dangers. And despite regional health staff being kept busy addressmng West Nule, thankfisily tse threat neyer reaily materialized in Halton this year. "One of Use most remarkable findings is Halton bas zero humant cases," Halton Medical Officer of HealUs Dr. Bob Nosal said in an interview. "The news could bave flot been better." Dr Nosal - noting Use West Nile season is "essentiaily over" - said it's interesting Usat Halton was one of Use few municipalities in and around Use GTA Usat had no West Nule human cases. There were 43 such cases in Toronto, 10 in Peel, four in Hamilton and one in York. Ail Usose numbers, Usougb, were down Usis year froin Use previous year, and overail Ontario experienced 73 per cent fewer human cases Usis year compared to last year. Former Burlington resident John Stevens was Use first person in Canada diagnosed wiUs West Nule, and he's ecstatic by Use Halton results. After contraeting Use virus in doggedness to fight West Nile. "Maybe a whole lot less people wiil suifer from it and hopefuily it wiil carry on," hie said, noting hie suifers fatigue occasionally as a resuit of contracting Use virus. But while encouraged by Use resuits, Dr. Nosal wanied Usere's no telling what next year will bring. That's why Usere wiil be a West Nile prevention and surveil- lance prograi in place in 2004 and it could mirror Usis year's, Dr. NotaI said. "It's reasonable to assume' Usat much, if flot ail of what we did Usis year, we will probably do Use saine again next year," hie said. "We're in Use process of setting Use 2004 budget and obviously Usose kinda of Usings have to be considered." The programn was created largely because of Use blows inflicted by Use virus last year - 60 human cases and one death. Halton was Use first Ontario municipality toi enact a West Nile prograin. The vaulted battle plan included larviciding - Use dropping of pesti- cide pelleta - approximately 35,000 catch basins and 62 stand- ing pools of water, as well as intense public education and sur- veillance and monitoring of Use virus in humans, mosquitoes and pools found this year versus a whopping 74 last year. 'Me program's public education componient was instrumental in figbting West Nile, Dr. Nosal said, including Use urgency to remove mosquito, breeding sites like stand- ing water. "Clearly Use public got Use mes- sage about Use Usings Usey needed to do and Usat may very well have played a role," hie said. Adulticiding - or fogging - was an option if Use West Nile situation ever worsened, but it wasn't used. The West Nile prograin ended up costing about $1 million, of which haif is expected to be paid by Use Ontario govemment. The Province will also psy Use full costs of buy- ing larviciding pelleta. Dr. Nosal also said a cooler, wet- ter spring and Use natural history of Use disease seemed to help control Use virus's impact. Meanwhile, Use much-awaited report documentisg Use results of an Oakvilie blood study is expeet- ed to, be released soon. The study concludes how many of 1,505 vol- unteers sampled previously con- tracted Use virus and didn't know it. 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