Woman Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Yucaipa woman has tested positive for West Nile virus, San Bernardino County’s first confirmed human case this year and the state’s third, health officials said Tuesday.
The 39-year-old woman suffered fever, aches, fatigue and a rash in early July, but was not hospitalized and is recovering.
The state reported two other human cases in late June: a Tulare County man and a teenager from the Banning area in Riverside County.
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