Detroit, MI:  In 2011, 34 people were infected with the West Nile virus and there were two fatalities.  There have been 80 confirmed cases and five fatalities already this year in Michigan alone. 

At least 1,590 people have been infected with WNV in the United States so far this year and 66 have died.  We are dealing with a severe outbreak of the disease in the US.  It is, in fact, the worst WNV outbreak in the US since it first appeared here 13 years ago.  Even so, scientists claim th...

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