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Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A Pennsylvania woman in her 80s has died after contracting West Nile virus, health officials said this week.
The woman lived in Pittsburgh and is the first human case reported in Allegheny County this year, according to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD).
Officials said the woman experienced fever and weakness and was eventually hospitalized before she passed away in late September. No other information about the patient will be released, the department said.
Earlier this summer, the ACHD said it had detected West Nile virus in Pittsburgh-area mosquitoes.
ACHD officials said in this week s announcement that they are setting up additional traps, including in the neighborhood where the patient lived, and are targeting other areas with a mosquito pesticide.
West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was first intro
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Experts say the rise in cases are a "canary in a coal mine" for what is to come as we see changes in rainfall and temperature patterns.
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