MODESTO BEE

By CHRISTINA SALERNO
BEE STAFF WRITER

Last Updated: August 20, 2005, 05:40:32 AM PDT

Stanislaus County is beating its neighbors in a race no one really wants to win.
Stanislaus is far surpassing the two counties that border it to the north and south — San Joaquin and Merced — in the number of people infected with West Nile virus.

Stanislaus has recorded 30 cases of the virus this year. Merced County has two cases and San Joaquin County has four, according to state wide numbers released Friday.

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