PUBLIC HEALTH
Medical crisis response West Nile outbreak mobilizes physicians
Dallas County Health & Human Services Chief Epidemiologist Wendy Chung, MD, was at the center of Dallas County’s public health response to the West Nile virus outbreak.
“These committees allow doctors to
respond in ways that
can benefit the health of the community.”
BY CRYSTAL CONDE West Nile virus was rare in Dallas County in the past two years — only two cases were reported. But this summer, mosquitos carrying the virus un- leashed havoc on the area, infecting 341 people and killing 17 by early October. The outbreak mobilized physicians and local officials in a public health response to wipe out the disease-carrying mosquito population. John Carlo, MD, chair of the Dallas County Medical Society’s Community Emer-
gency Response Committee (CERC), says his committee learned of the seriousness of the situation from a group of concerned infectious disease specialists, including experts from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center led by committee member James Luby, MD.
November 2012 TEXAS MEDICINE 35
DAVID WOO / THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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