one bite away:
GRAND JUNCTION - Five more Mesa County residents have been diagnosed with West Nile virus, bringing the county's total to six this year, the most in the state, health officials said.AP/SummittDailyNewsjournal - 11.Aug.06
Weld County has four cases.
Statewide, 23 people have contracted the virus this season, the state health department said Friday. This week Bent County reported two cases and El Paso County reported its first of the season.
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About 80 percent of those infected with West Nile show no symptoms, but others develop more severe illnesses such as meningitis or encephalitis.
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Fatal Car Crashes in Mesa County, Colorado 1995 - 2000
| Year | # Fatalities |
| 1995 | 13 |
| 1996 | 24 |
| 1997 | 16 |
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 22 |
