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West Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how you can avoid it

By Daniel Pastula, Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Most people who get infected with West Nile virus have mild symptoms, but in certain cases the illness can become serious or even deadly.

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