For three months, Corowa's David Kiefel was in a critical condition in hospital, battling the mosquito-borne virus Japanese encephalitis.
As at May 18, there were 42 human cases of Japanese encephalitis in Australia.
Mr Kiefel's death is the second from the virus in NSW; there has also been one death in Queensland, one in South Australia and one in Victoria. The Australian health department declared the virus a communicable disease incident of national significance on March 4.While the virus can infect both animals and humans, it cannot be transmitted between humans, or caught by eating pork or other pig products.The virus is normally detected across the Northern Territory, Queensland and the Torres Strait, but recent wet conditions have seen it spread into southern areas of the country.
While NSW Health said there was evidence mosquito numbers had declined, it urged people throughout the state to continue taking steps to avoid mosquito bites.
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