Encephalitis Case Confirmed in City
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A 90-year-old woman who lives near Central Park has the first confirmed case of St. Louis encephalitis in Manhattan and the 14th case confirmed in New York City since August, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said. The announcement came as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it had discovered a similar but milder strain of encephalitis in the New York City area that had never before been documented in the United States. A West Nile strain of encephalitis typically found in Africa and Europe was found in dead birds in the area.
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