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Toronto man dies from West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus
This 2006 photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Submitted

TORONTO – An 80-year-old man has died from the West Nile Virus in Toronto.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) indicated the person passed away during the last “two weeks.”

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TPH says there were two confirmed cases of West Nile Virus so far in 2013, including the death.

In 2012, Toronto had a total of 94 human cases and one person died as a result.

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