Two Philadelphia residents have been infected with West Nile virus this year, and already more mosquitoes are testing positive for the virus than in past seasons, health officials say. The Philadelphia residents with West Nile virus were hospitalized last month with acute flaccid myelitis, a serious neurological condition, said Dr. Shara Epstein, medical director of the Division of Disease Control at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
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More mosquitoes are testing positive for West Nile virus than is typical for this point in the summer
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