Posted on 12/05/03
Does West Nile imperil your children? Maybe not
Health professionals in Ontario have been debating a deeply subversive proposition as to how to deal with children and their risks from mosquito-borne West Nile virus."It has been suggested at a couple of meetings that I was at: 'Forget the kids. If they get infected earlier, if they get sick, they are not likely to have serious consequences, and they are protected for the rest of their life.' This has been the experiences of the endemic countries," said Colin D'Cunha, Ontario's chief medical officer of health.
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