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Dallas County Announces Second Human West Nile Infection Of The Summer

KERA | By Lauren Silverman
Published July 31, 2013 at 11:18 AM CDT
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The second human case this summer of West Nile infection in Dallas County was annouced today.

Dallas County Health and Human Services announced the second human West Nile virus case in Dallas County for the 2013 season. This time, it is the more serious version of the virus, West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease. 

Just yesterday, Dallas County Health and Human Services announced the first human West Nile virus case in Dallas County for the 2013 season. That person, a resident of Richardson, has West Nile Fever -- the less severe form of the mosquito-transmitted illness. Now, a second person, of Grand Prairie, has been diagnosed with West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease.
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Lauren Silverman
Lauren Silverman was the Health, Science & Technology reporter/blogger at KERA News. She was also the primary backup host for KERA’s Think and the statewide newsmagazine  Texas Standard. In 2016, Lauren was recognized as Texas Health Journalist of the Year by the Texas Medical Association. She was part of the Peabody Award-winning team that covered Ebola for NPR in 2014. She also hosted "Surviving Ebola," a special that won Best Long Documentary honors from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). And she's won a number of regional awards, including an honorable mention for Edward R. Murrow award (for her project “The Broken Hip”), as well as the Texas Veterans Commission’s Excellence in Media Awards in the radio category.
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