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KIMBERLY CRAIG, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU
SO MUCH, KIM.
>>> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF THE
WEST NILE VIRUS AND WHAT CAN BE
DONE ABOUT IT.
JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THIS IS DR. CHRISTOPHER
CARPENTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO
COME.
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
BECAUSE THEY ARE NERVOUS ABOUT
IT, ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY ARE
SEEING IN TEXAS.
>> ABOUT 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO
GET INFECTED HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.
>> REALLY?
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT'S FRUSTRATING.
>> FRUSTRATING BUT GOOD BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT SICK
HAVE LONG-TERM
PROBLEMS FROM THE INFECTION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE I'VE HEARD
PARALYSIS CAN BE PART OUTSIDE A
DAWN AND GENERALLY IF YOU CAN
AVOID IT, NOT TO GO OUT AT DUSK
AND DAWN.