Article: WEST NILE'S LINK TO TRANSFUSIONS BOLSTERED LAB IN FORT COLLINS PLAYS SLEUTHING ROLE IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS.(City Desk/Local)

Byline: Jim Erickson

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Federal health officials in Fort Collins and Atlanta have found new evidence that West Nile virus may be transmitted through blood transfusions.

On Thursday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they are investigating five cases of West Nile infection in blood transfusion recipients.

Preliminary test results show that one of the patients, a Mississippi woman, received blood from three infected donors, said Dr. Lyle Petersen of CDC's Fort Collins lab.

The four other cases include a Georgia woman who received multiple transfusions after an auto accident, then died ...

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