Erie County resident diagnosed with West Nile Virus for first time since 2012

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Erie County resident has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus for the first time since 2012.
“This is our first human case of WNV in Erie County since October 2012,” Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health, said. “The risk of contracting WNV mosquito bite still exists and will continue through the first heavy frost.”
In 2012, 12 cases of West Nile Virus were diagnosed in Erie County. It is not clear where in the county that thi