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Article: First human case of West Nile virus this year reported in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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- TB & Outbreaks Week
- Article date:
- July 6, 2004
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2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Lincoln, health officials said June 15, 2004.
The person is an adult living in the central part of the capital city and is recovering, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reported. No other details about the person were released.
The health department said an investigation is under way and the person's travel history had not been obtained June 15, 2004.
Nebraska becomes the seventh state this year to report a human contracting the virus, which is transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Other states ...