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By Kurt Sevits, Denver7
Larimer County’s first human West Nile virus case was confirmed in a Fort Collins blood donor, health officials said Tuesday.
All donated blood that tests positive for the virus is destroyed, officials said.
The donor has not shown any symptoms associated with the infection.
Jefferson County reported the state’s first human West Nile case in June. The virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Boulder, Delta, Jefferson, Mesa and Weld counties so far this year.
There were 149 cases of West Nile infection in Colorado people last year, eight of which were fatal.
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