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West Nile victim becomes first fatality in NM
Sun-News report
Posted: 09/11/2012 11:49:28 AM MDT
SANTA FE ? The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that a 76-year-old man from Bernalillo County has died from West Nile virus infection ? the first fatality in the state this year because of the virus.
The man had meningitis and encephalitis, the more severe clinical form of the disease, and had been hospitalized since Aug. 23.
The department of health originally reported the case on Aug. 29...
West Nile victim becomes first fatality in NM
Sun-News report
Posted: 09/11/2012 11:49:28 AM MDT
SANTA FE ? The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that a 76-year-old man from Bernalillo County has died from West Nile virus infection ? the first fatality in the state this year because of the virus.
The man had meningitis and encephalitis, the more severe clinical form of the disease, and had been hospitalized since Aug. 23.
The department of health originally reported the case on Aug. 29...