New Orleans, West Nile virus
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An additional human case of the West Nile Virus has been reported in Orleans Parish on Tuesday, Aug. 19. The Louisiana Department of Health reported a confirmed neuroinvasive human West Nile virus case and another presumptive human WNV case that is still being investigated.
The Louisiana Department of Health said the resident has the neuroinvasive form of the disease, which is the most severe form of infection.