Second Florida transplant patient positive for West Nile

TALLAHASSEE - A second Florida recipient of transplanted organs has tested positive for contracting West Nile virus. <br> <br> State health officials said Thursday that the 71-year-old patient from Miami-Dade County is recovering at a family member&#39;s home in Jacksonville. <br> <br> The woman, who began showing signs of encephalitis on Sunday, was one of four people who received an organ donation from a Georgia woman who died from a July 30 automobile accident. <br> <br> The donor was confirmed last week as having had the virus, usually transmitted by mosquitoes. <br> <br> One of the three other recipients has died and officials say they&#39;re certain he had West Nile. The other two organ recipients, including one hospitalized in Miami, have also been confirmed to have West Nile. <br> <br> Authorities are trying to determine how the organ donor got the virus -- whether by mosquito bite or through a blood transfusion.

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