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SNHD reporting two human cases of West Nile Virus

By Mitch Kelly,

2024-06-26

Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - The Southern Nevada Health District has identified two cases of West Nile virus for this season. One patient, a man over the age of 60, was diagnosed with the non-neuroinvasive form of the illness, and man over the age of 70, had the neuroinvasive form of the illness. Both patients have recovered.

The Health District’s seasonal mosquito surveillance reports are available here .

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Alyssa Henriques

06-27

I know of another person who had just had it who lives in vegas. She is a woman. she just got out of the hospital.

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