Des Moines teen tests positive for Zika after first blood sample tossed
BY KOMO STAFF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST 2016
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SEATTLE - A local teenage girl who traveled to Haiti has tested positive for the Zika infection weeks after county public health officials said she didn't qualify for testing and her initial blood sample was tossed out.
The girl, Olivia Evans, 17, of Des Moines is the second confirmed case in King County, and the fifth confirmed case in Washington state.
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The Highline College student says she got about 50 mosquito bites on the trip. After returning home, she got very sick, her limbs swelled, she developing a large rash, and she had sore joints - all symptoms of the Zika virus and many other diseases.
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BY KOMO STAFF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST 2016
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SEATTLE - A local teenage girl who traveled to Haiti has tested positive for the Zika infection weeks after county public health officials said she didn't qualify for testing and her initial blood sample was tossed out.
The girl, Olivia Evans, 17, of Des Moines is the second confirmed case in King County, and the fifth confirmed case in Washington state.
...
The Highline College student says she got about 50 mosquito bites on the trip. After returning home, she got very sick, her limbs swelled, she developing a large rash, and she had sore joints - all symptoms of the Zika virus and many other diseases.
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