NBC Nightly News - 2002-09-01

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[0:01] He declared war on the United States.

[0:05] >> And the blockbuster technology that is

[0:07] making movies at home a must.

[0:10] >> I would say it's at least twice as good.

[0:13] >> [music]

[0:15] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:17] York,

[0:18] this is NBC Nightly News with John

[0:21] Seigenthaler.

[0:22] >> Good evening everyone. There are new

[0:23] concerns tonight about the spread of the

[0:25] West Nile virus. Doctors are now

[0:28] investigating whether the virus can be

[0:29] transmitted not just through mosquito

[0:32] bites, but through organ transplants or

[0:34] blood transfusions. The Centers for

[0:36] Disease Control is preparing to test

[0:38] several blood samples from transplant

[0:41] recipients at its lab in Fort Collins,

[0:43] Colorado tonight. The results could give

[0:45] them some answers. NBC's Chief Science

[0:47] Correspondent Robert Bazell has the

[0:49] story.

[0:50] >> The FDA and the CDC today are asking

[0:53] blood banks and hospitals across the

[0:55] country to be on the alert for

[0:57] infections of West Nile virus that might

[0:59] have been caused by blood transfusions

[1:01] or organ donations.

[1:03] This following a cluster of five cases

[1:05] that raises the possibility of

[1:07] blood-borne transmission of West Nile

[1:09] and has put dozens of medical detectives

[1:11] to work over the holiday weekend.

[1:13] >> We feel that we need to rapidly

[1:16] investigate this and we're doing that

[1:18] very aggressively now.

[1:19] >> The case began when a Georgia woman was

[1:21] seriously injured in a car crash and

[1:23] received several blood transfusions. She

[1:26] died and her organs were donated to four

[1:28] people in Georgia and Florida.

[1:30] Three developed a brain inflammation

[1:32] that can be a sy