The number of cases of West Nile virus in Kentucky equine in 2002 reached 150 when 17 cases were confirmed on Sept. 6, the state Department of Agriculture reported.


The most recently confirmed cases were spread among 15 counties from Fleming in the east to Webster in the west. Eleven of the 17 are alive, three were euthanized, and three died. Four of the 17 were vaccinated for West Nile virus; all four are alive

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