D.C. diagnoses West Nile virus in human

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D.C. health officials said Wednesday that the West Nile virus has again surfaced in the District and infected a human.

“Since the beginning of the summer, the District of Columbia Department of Health has identified the West Nile virus in several mosquito samples throughout the District,” interim health director Saul Levin said in a statement. “Despite the positive samples, there has only been one confirmed [nonfatal] case.”

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