So far this year, Dallas County reported five cases of West Nile Virus in human patients. Four out of the five are the potentially deadly, neuroinvasive form of the disease.
The patient had the more serious neuroinvasive version of the disease. That more serious illness has been diagnosed in nearly every confirmed patient so far this year.
According to the CDC, the neuroinvasive form of the virus only develops in about one percent of the people who contract it. "This is a concerning amount of cases because mosquito activity remains high in Dallas County," Grisales said.
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