As the summer season comes to an end, it also means the end of mosquito season isn't far behind. But after a summer with more West Nile cases than the year prior, health experts are asking that people stay vigilant.

Curtis Wolff lives in Thornton and now always makes sure he uses bug repellent whenever he needs to, after a mosquito bite changed his life in 2012.

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"I was feeling pretty drowsy and not quite right, went to the doctor, and they sent me to a hospital and said you might want to check in," Wolff said.

That check in 2012 may have saved him, as he found out he'd contracted the West Nile Virus from a mosquito bite.

"[Health experts] gave warnings about it. I just never thought I would get it. I thought maybe I'd get the sniffles or something, worst-case scena

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