HOUSTON (AP) — A fourth Houston resident has died of West Nile virus, bringing the Texas West Nile death toll to at least 52.
Houston Health and Human Services says the death of a man between the ages of 75 and 84 from northwestern Houston was reported Monday.
Federal health officials say this is the nation's worst year for the mosquito-borne virus since it was discovered in New York 13 years ago. Texas has about half of the U.S. deaths from the illness.
Several Texas counties have been spraying pesticide to help reduce the mosquito population.
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