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NC boy nearly dies after contracting La Crosse virus from mosquito bite
Updated: Aug 11, 2016 - 7:45 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina boy is fighting for his life at Levine Children?s hospital in Charlotte after he was bitten by a mosquito.
In June, JJ Wise, 11, from Burnsville, got a headache that didn't seem to go away.
His mother said he started talking nonsense and also had a manic episode.
After numerous hospital visits and tests, doctors finally determined he contracted both La Crosse encephalitis virus and enterovirus.
He suffered a stroke and was put in an induced coma...
NC boy nearly dies after contracting La Crosse virus from mosquito bite
Updated: Aug 11, 2016 - 7:45 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina boy is fighting for his life at Levine Children?s hospital in Charlotte after he was bitten by a mosquito.
In June, JJ Wise, 11, from Burnsville, got a headache that didn't seem to go away.
His mother said he started talking nonsense and also had a manic episode.
After numerous hospital visits and tests, doctors finally determined he contracted both La Crosse encephalitis virus and enterovirus.
He suffered a stroke and was put in an induced coma...
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