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Date: July 11, 2003
Posted by: Environmental Risk Analysis Program (envrisk@cornell.edu)

Reported by the NY Times, Wed July 9, 2003:

National Briefing: South
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

SOUTH CAROLINA: WEST NILE VIRUS VICTIM An elderly man from Oconee 
County is the first in the nation to test positive for the West Nile 
Virus this year, the Department of Health and Environmental Control 
said. Officials said he was infected when bitten by mosquitoes while 
fishing in June. Tests conducted by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention confirmed the presence of the virus. A department 
spokeswoman, Claire Boatman, said the man has recovered. The virus 
was first detected in New York four years ago. It had spread to 
California and reached Canada by 2002.   (NYTRNG)

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