11-09-2019 22:14 via sltrib.com

Utah County resident contracts West Nile virus, the first case there since 2017

The Utah County Health Department has confirmed a human case of West Nile virus, the first in the county since 2017.The department released no further details.Several people around the state have been infected with West Nile virus this summer — in Salt Lake, Grand, Uintah and Washington counties. There have been no fatalities.The virus has also been detected in mosquitoes in Box Elder, Davis, Sevier and Weber counties.Symptoms of West Nile appear 3 to 14 days after a bite from an infected
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