87 people have died across the US from the West Nile virus so far this season, according to the US Centers for Disease Control, and there are 1,993 confirmed cases.  54 percent of these cases are neuro-invasive, or resulting in meningitis or encephalitis. 

The virus hit 48 states in the US and is most commonly spread through mosquito bites.  The illness can take six weeks to incubate before rapid acute respiratory and organ failure.  Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, rash, chills, sho...
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