Canada: West Nile virus hits Alberta- 1st death reported

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Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/08/21/west-nile-virus-hits-alberta

West Nile virus hits Alberta
By Renato Gandia ,Calgary Sun
First posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:44 AM MDT

CALGARY, AB - Health officials confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus infection in southern Alberta after two years of not seeing the potentially fatal disease...

 

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Source: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news...West+Nile+reported+Alberta/7156674/story.html

Three new human cases of West Nile reported in Alberta
By Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald August 28, 2012 1:48 PM

Time to DEET up.

Alberta Health Services reported three new human cases of West Nile virus in the province ? including a Calgary woman ? bringing the total of confirmed cases in the province this year to four.

Of the three new cases, one of them ? a woman living in central Alberta ? contracted the neurological, or more serious form of West Nile. Health officials haven?t yet concluded where she was exposed to the virus...

 

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Re: Canada: West Nile virus hits Alberta- 1st death reported

Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/...ile+virus+first+since+2007/7382659/story.html

Alberta person dies from West Nile virus, the first since 2007
The Canadian Press October 12, 2012 1:25 PM

EDMONTON - A person has died from the West Nile virus in southern Alberta.

Alberta Health Services says it's the first death related to the virus since 2007.

Ten cases of the infection have been reported in Alberta this year...