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Article: La Crosse County has its first human West Nile case.
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- La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2006
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Byline: Terry Rindfleisch
Jul. 19--La Crosse County has its first recorded human case of West Nile virus. A 70-year-old West Salem, Wis., man was positive in initial tests for the West Nile virus after giving blood during a recent Red Cross drive, said Dave Geske, La Crosse County Health Department mosquito control officer. The Red Cross reported the case to the Wisconsin Division of Health. The case could be the first in Wisconsin in 2006, and the first in La Crosse County since the virus was confirmed in Wisconsin in 2001. As of Monday, 66 birds and one horse, but no humans, in Wisconsin had been found to be infected with West Nile in 2006. ...