West Nile Attack!

 - Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)

CASE 1

- The Old Lighthouse - Eric Muller [APM Music] (Visalia, California)

- Brother & Sister - Mark Alberts [Cezame Music Agency] (Phillip and Kandis Watson have two boys and one girl)

- ? (one day in mid-January, Phillip and Kandis' middle child, Kaden, returns home from school not feeling well)

- Endless Future - Christof Déjean [Cezame Music Agency] (a few hours later, Phillip and Kandis notice Kaden coughing)

- Waiting Game - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (the next day, despite medication, the fever and cough are still there)

- ? (Kaden's condition eventually seems to improve/Kandis takes Kaden grocery shopping)

- Carved Up - Jeffrey Cardoni (Kaden vomits in the middle of the meat isle)

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (the next day, Kandis takes Kaden to the doctor)

- Viral Evolution - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Kaden's cough gets worse despite flu medication/Kandis takes Kaden to a new doctor)

- Down Jones - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (explanation of pneumonia)

- ? (Kaden's symptoms continue to worsen)

- Tension in Tarzana - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (Phillip and Kandis rush Kaden to the hospital/doctor notices a large lump on Kaden's neck)

- Mind Game - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (doctors perform an ultrasound on the lump)

- Night Vision - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Phillip and Kandis start to worry)

- Conundrum 2 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (a team of specialists take on Kaden's case)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Kaden's blood results come back)

- Determination - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (doctor reveals the diagnosis)

- ? (valley fever)

- The Hive - Christian Telford, David Edwards ("We were, like, stunned.")

- Shark Teeth - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("If the coccidioides immitis fungus goes untreated, and infects the brain, it is almost always fatal.")

- Rising Mercury 2 - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Six-year-old Kaden Watson has just been diagnosed with the fungal disease valley fever.")

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Kaden placed on a powerful antifungal medication)

- Seedlings - Doug Bossi, Evan Wise [KPM Music] (Kaden kept on the antifungal medication for a month, but soon things take a turn for the worse)

- Electronic Warfare* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Kaden is unable to breathe)

- ? (doctors tell Phillip and Kandis that Kaden could die)

- ? (Kaden fights for his life for three more weeks)

- Surveillance - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (two months after coming out of ICU, Kaden starts refusing to take his medication, but his parents manage to convince him he must)

- ? (finally, Kaden makes a turn for the better)

- Suspected One - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (the coccidioides immitis fungus is found in dirt and soil)

- ? (Phillip and Kandis belive Kaden got the fungus from playing outside in the dirt)

- ? (after six months of rehabilitation and treatment, Kaden is finally free of the fungus)

- ? (how to avoid contracting valley fever)

CASE 2

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (case intro)

- Sun Flower - Terry Devine-King, Adam Drake [Audio Network] (Decatur, Georgia/Devin and Jill Lenz have a two-year-old son, Elijah, and another child on the way)

- Gradalis Deo 3 - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] ("But this blossoming family is about to fall apart.")

- One for the Blues - Manuel Galvin, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Andre Charlier, Benoit Sourisse [Cezame Music Agency] (Devin talks about the shed he's building)

- Nowhere to Go - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Devin meets a friend at a local cafe, but starts to feel a pain in his back/Devin goes home and heads to bed)

- Grisly Scene - Scott Marcussen (later that evening, Devin wakes up and discovers he slept through the entire day)

- Forensic Intuition* - Didier Rachou [KPM Music] (Devin goes downstairs to tell Jill he isn't feeling well)

- Abandonment - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Devin starts to feel a shaky feeling in his legs)

- The Unexplained - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (a few hours later, Devin notices he can't move his legs)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("Devin Lenz has just woken up to discover that he can't move his legs.")

- Vampire - Barrie Gladden, Tim Reilly, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] (Devin fears he may have multiple sclerosis)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (Jill dismisses the idea that it could be multiple sclerosis)

- Textures - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Jill discovers Devin's legs are completely limp)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni ("It was really, really frightening.")

- Under Covered - Christopher Franke (Jill calls 911, and an ambulance rushes Devin to the local hospital/doctor asks Devin a series of questions)

- Cardiac Arrest - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (test results come back inconclusive the next morning)

- Hacking - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Devin transferred to a larger facility, where Dr. Jane Gilmore takes on his case)

- Battle March (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (doctors try to give Devin an MRI of his brain, but his shaking makes it difficult to do so)

- Darkening - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (Devin is sedated, and Dr. Gilmore runs the MRI scan)

- Find Him - Takeshi Furukawa (MRI reveals Devin has encephalomyelitis)

- A Presence Around - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (doctors order a spinal tap)

- Palpitation - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (spinal tap is very painful for Devin)

- Ominous Clouds - Jonas Baker (Dr. Gilmore sends the spinal fluid off to the lab)

- Out on a Limb 6 (30) - Tom Quick [Audio Network] (Dr. Gilmore must give Devin good supportive care while they wait for the lab results to come back)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen (Dr. Gilmore tries to put and oxygen mask on Devin, but Devin keeps taking it off)

- Web of Fear - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Devin lets out a massive wail)

- All to Play For 4 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Devin placed in a medically-induced coma)

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (diagnostic tests finally come back)

- Darkening - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (West Nile virus)

- Calm - Paul Sumpter ("This was the worst case of West Nile virus that I had seen.")

- Monster Flashback - Kurt Oldman ("I knew about West Nile virus from the news, but the cases that I had heard about were nothing as severe as this.")

- Runaway - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("West Nile virus can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms resemble those of so many other illnesses.")

- Minor Threat (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (there's no cure for West Nile virus)

- Dread - David O'Brien [Audio Network] ("Jill Lenz has just found out that her husband, Devin, has West Nile virus.")

- The Unknown - Michael Vickerage, Andrew Phillips [KPM Music] (for the next four days, Devin remains in critical condition)

- Moonwish - Christian Marsac [Audio Network] (but then, finally, Devin opens his eyes)

- Acoustic Twilight - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("Against unthinkable odds, Devin Lenz survives his horrific ordeal with the West Nile virus.")

- Dark Impressions - Boris Nonte, Gregg Lehrman ("But how did Devin contract the West Nile virus?")

- Concentric Strings - Andrew Blaney (the West Nile virus is spread to humans by infected mosquitos)

- Minor Threat (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (Devin recalls being bitten on his feet while working outside on his shed)

- Back Again - Christopher Franke (Devin finally goes home after numerous weeks of rehabilitation/today, Devin is mostly paralyzed from the waist down and is now in a wheelchair)

- Desert Moon - James Jacobsen, Parthenon Huxley (despite this, Devin still leads a life as a father to two sons)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (how to avoid the West Nile virus)

CASE 3

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Loose Chicken - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (Scarborough, Maine/Rich and Kelly Valdmanis have two twin boys, Dylan and Laird)

- Nesima (Part 2) - Rico Brinx, Rodolphe Yonga [Cezame Music Agency] (Rich works as an international journalist reporting in countries troubled by conflict)

- Heart of Mystery - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (the family returns home from a year-long assignment in Africa for a vacation in Maine/Rich develops an abdominal pain)

- Endless Future - Christof Déjean [Cezame Music Agency] (that night, Kelly discovers Rich is having night sweats and has a slight fever)

- Textures - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (three days later, Rich's symptoms haven't gone away, so he visits a walk-in clinic/doctor tests Rich for malaria, which comes back negative)

- Dread - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (explanation of gastritis)

- Subsonix - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (two days later, Rich starts to feel cold shakes while doing yard work)

- The Enquiry - Bob Bradley, Michael Bradley [Audio Network] (Rich goes inside to rest)

- Shadowplay 4 - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (the next morning, Kelly takes Rich to the E.R.)

- Slow Burn - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Rich Valdmanis is experiencing night sweats and abdominal pain."/tests fail to reveal the cause/Rich and Kelly are unhappy with the lack of diagnosis)

- Something in the Shadows 2 - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (two days later, Rich and Kelly go to a local bed-and-breakfast on an island off the coast of Maine for their sixth anniversary)

- Rising Mercury 2 - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (that night, Rich has a nightmare of a monster trying to destroy him)

- Quizzer - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, Rich and Kelly head back to the mainland and head to an urgent-care clinic/blood results are catastrophic)

- Palpitation - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Rich prepares to head to the hospital)

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Dr. Joel Bradley takes on Rich's case/cat scan reveals an abscess in Rich's liver/Dr. Bradley touches base with infectious disease specialists to ask for recommendations on further tests)

- Asteroid 2 - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Rich Valdmanis has a huge abscess in his liver, and doctors have just discovered what is causing it.")

- Lost Prophecies - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (entamoeba histolytica)

- Into Battle - Debbie Wiseman [Audio Network] (Rich calls Kelly with the horrific news)

- Crisis Matter - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("After malaria, entamoeba histolytica is the deadliest parasite on the planet.")

- Fearful - Matthew Harris (Rich rushed into surgery)

- Shocking Truth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (life cycle of the entamoeba histolytica parasite)

- Safari - Christopher Ashmore [Audio Network] (Rich believes he contracted the parasite from eating a contaminated salad while working in Guinea-Bissau)

- Back Again - Christopher Franke (within days, after being put on a powerful antiparasitic drug, Rich finally starts to improve)

- Moonwish - Christian Marsac [Audio Network] (today, Rich is a bureau chief of a news-media company in Boston)

- Too Tense - Christopher Franke (how to avoid becoming infected with the entamoeba histolytica parasite)