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SUMMARY: A current epidemic of West Nile virus has claimed the lives of 26 people in the U.S., 10 in Texas alone. In Dallas and the surrounding county, authorities have declared a state of emergency. Jeffrey Brown talks to Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Kristy Murray about the outbreak and how the state targets infected mosquitoes.
JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): Later tonight, Dallas, Texas, begins an air war. The enemy is West Nile virus, and the immediate targets are the insects that transmit it from infected birds to humans.
On two feet and four wheels, crews in Dallas County, Tex., are already spraying insecticide at ground level to kill mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus.
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