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MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS FIRST WEST NILE DEATH
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Dayton Daily News
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September 17, 2003
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Officials say 78-year-old had ailing health
A Montgomery County resident has become the first in the Miami
Valley to die of West Nile virus since it began infecting people here
last year.
The victim was a 78-year-old man from Butler Twp. with "multiple
health problems," the only identification disclosed Tuesday by the
Combined Health District of Montgomery County. He died Friday of
encephalitis caused by the virus.
Deaths from West Nile virus are relatively rare. Fewer than 5
percent of Ohioans with reported infections have died since last
year, including two this year through Friday. Many cases are not
reported because symptoms usually are mild.
"If someone already has a weakened immune ...
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