Oklahoma registers first West Nile death.

A 71-year-old Tulsa County man is the first Oklahoman to die from West Nile.<br><br>He apparently contracted the virus from a blood transfusion he received after a bone marrow transplant at M-D Anderson

Sunday, October 20th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

A 71-year-old Tulsa County man is the first Oklahoman to die from West Nile.

He apparently contracted the virus from a blood transfusion he received after a bone marrow transplant at M-D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

After another West Nile death there.. health officials say a unit of blood tested positive.

The CDC is investigating 29 transfusion-related cases in 14 states.