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2015’s first human case of West Nile virus reported
Thursday, July 23, 2015 8:51
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The Department of Health in North Dakota has confirmed the West Nile virus (WNV) disease in a human serum sample. This is the first case of human infection of the dangerous virus in 2015.
With the monsoon coming earlier this year in some parts of the country, there has been an unexpected surge in the mosquito population. In many states health officials have detected the virus in mosquitos, but until this recent development, no humans had been infected with the virus.
The North Dakota patient, a woman in her 40s, lives in McLean County. Though she has the symptoms of the viral infection, she has not been hospitalized for her illness.
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