El Pasoan with health problems contracts West Nile Virus stat : kfoxtv

Public health officials for El Paso say a person has contracted the West Nile Virus. The patient is a man in his mid-40s who had no reported travel outside of El Paso. A total of six West Nile Virus cases were reported last season with the most recent case confirmed in the middle of January. The man lives in the east El Paso area and has underlying medical conditions. Mosquitoes are in El Paso.




An El Paso man who was recently diagnosed with West Nile virus is in a coma, according to his friends and family. Victor Arellano is currently in a coma, according to his friends and family doctors then diagnosed him with West Nile Virus . "It was a couple weeks later that they found out it was West Nile Virus," Sergio Martinez said. Arellano's friends and family told KFOX14 they wished the doctors could have figured out it was West Nile sooner. Sergio Martinez said after Arellano went into the coma the doctors started performing tests.

Dead Bird In Sacramento Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

A dead bird found in Sacramento's Rosemont area has tested positive for West Nile virus. Throughout the state, nine other counties have also reported West Nile virus activity so far this year...including one human case. "It's a significant finding because it provides an early warning sign for West Nile virus activity," says Robles. And typically after finding that first...or this dead bird...then we set out mosquito traps to collect those mosquitoes and then also test them for West Nile virus." She says the dead bird was an American crow.


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