Northwest Cable News | Fatal case of West Nile virus linked to blood donation Los Angeles Times A transfusion of blood tainted with West Nile virus most likely caused the death of a hospitalized cancer patient in 2012, according to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on ... West Nile-tainted blood kills man in Denver hospital in October Fatal West Nile Infection Likely Caused by Blood Transfusion |