Article: WEST NILE VIRUS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO DEATHS OF TWO ELDERLY IDAHOANS

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare issued the following news release:

West Nile virus may have contributed to the deaths of two elderly Idaho residents. A man from Elmore County and a woman from Lincoln County, both over the age of 70, died recently after contracting West Nile infection. "West Nile virus can infect all ages, but may lead to more serious illness in people over the age of 50," says Dr. Leslie Tengelsen, deputy state epidemiologist. "Everyone should fight the bite of mosquitoes to avoid infection."

Over 50 Idaho residents have tested positive for West Nile infection in 2006, with six of those reported with neuroinvasive disease, a serious form of the illness. So far ...

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