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>> PAM: TALKS WILL RESUME
AGAIN TOMORROW.
>> PAM:
NEWS TONIGHT AT 8
>> PAM: A WOMAN HAS BEEN
INFECTED WITH WEST NILE
VIRUS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS THIS IS THE COUNTY'S
FIRST HUMAN CASE THIS YEAR.
BUT AS KRON FOUR'S PHILIPPE
DJEGAL REPORTS.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY
CONFIRMS THE WOMAN IS IN
HERSHE WAS BITTEN BY AAND,
STARTED SHOWING SYMPTOMS IN
MID-JULY.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY SHE WAS
IN GOOD HEALTH BEFORE BEING
INFECTED.
DUE TO PATIENT PRIVACY
LAWS.
>> REPORTER:HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE NOT RELEASING THE
WOMAN'S AGE OF THE EXACT
LOCATION WHERE SHE WAS
BITTEN.
ONLY SAYING IT HAPPENED
SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
THIS IS THE FIRST HUMAN CASE
IN THE COUNTY SINCE 20-111.
HUMAN CASES SINCE 2006.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS GETTING INFECTED
RARELY RESULTS IN DEATH.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW STEPS
YOU CAN TAKE TO AVOID
CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.
>> REPORTER:
>> MAKE SURE YOUR SCREENS
ARE IN ORDER NO GAPS SO THAT
MOSQUITOES CAME INTO YOUR
HOME AT NIGHT OCCURRED AND
NO STANDING WATER BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE MOSQUITOES
BREED. MAKE SURE YOU