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NY Man Believed Latest West
Nile Virus Victim
8-24-2

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An elderly man from Long Island is believed to be the latest U.S. victim of the deadly West Nile virus and the first in the New York City area this year, health officials said on Saturday.
 
Two other New York-area residents have also contracted the virus.
 
Preliminary blood tests show an 81-year-old resident of Melville, Long Island, east of New York City, died of the virus on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County Health Department said. Results from another round of tests to confirm the results are due on Monday.
 
A 77-year-old from Babylon, New York, who was admitted to hospital on Aug. 16 is in a coma, while a 55-year-old man from East Setauket who became ill with the virus on Aug. 8 has since fully recovered, the spokeswoman said.
 
The death would bring the number of people in the United States have died of West Nile disease to 17. Another 371 have become ill from the virus, which is borne by mosquitoes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 
At least 40 U.S. states have reported some West Nile Virus activity this year, with 171 cases and eight deaths in Louisiana alone.
 
The CDC reported on Friday the first human cases of West Nile this year in Nebraska and Virginia.
 
 
 
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