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Massachusetts Woman Contracts
West Nile In Missouri

8-14-2

BOSTON (Reuters) - A 38-year-old Massachusetts woman suffering from West Nile virus which authorities believe she contracted while visiting Missouri, remained hospitalized on Tuesday, state officials said.
 
"Her symptoms, beginning with headache, progressing to fever, chills, meningitis and encephalitis, reportedly began on August 2, shortly after her return to Massachusetts," the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement.
 
"To date this season, no confirmed human cases of West Nile virus disease have been acquired in Massachusetts," the statement said.
 
A spokeswoman said the patient's condition was improving, but declined to give details.
 
Eight people have died of the disease this year, seven in Louisiana and one in Mississippi, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
 
The CDC has confirmed 145 human cases in Alabama, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
 
About 66 birds carrying the virus have been found dead in Massachusetts while Missouri has reported West Nile virus in mosquitoes, birds and horses.
 
 
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