Colorado health officials have announced the state’s first death from West Nile virus this year and issued guidelines for prevention for anyone spending time outdoors.
A bulletin from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says an adult from Lafayette died after exposure to the virus, which is commonly transmitted by mosquitoes. The deaths is one of nine human cases of West Nile virus that have been confirmed in eight different Colorado counties so far this year.
Officials say the virus, which can result in neurological disease, has been found in mosquitoes in eight of the 16 counties where mosquito testing has taken place this season, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties…