Health experts diagnosed the first case of the West Nile Virus this year in Wisconsin. Health officials found a dead bird with the virus in Jefferson County.
The virus is spread by a bite from an infected mosquito.
Doctors say 80 percent of people infected with the virus never experience symptoms. Most of the remaining 20 percent will develop symptoms such as fever, headache and muscle pain.
The best way to cut your risk of infection is to get rid of areas of standing water on your property in which mosquitoes can breed.
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