9-year-old boy state's youngest so far to show West Nile signs

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

ST. LOUIS -- Preliminary lab tests show that a 9-year-old St. Francois County boy contracted the West Nile virus earlier this month, by far making him the state's youngest victim of the mosquito-borne illness, state health officials said Monday.

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