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Article: Early-season avian deaths from West Nile virus as warnings of human infection. (Dispatches).
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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An analysis of 2001 and 2002 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data shows that counties that report WNV-infected dead birds early in the transmission season are more likely to report subsequent WNV disease cases in humans than are counties that do not report early WNV-infected dead birds.
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West Nile virus (formal name: West Nile virus [WNV]) was first detected in the United States during an encephalitis outbreak in New York City in September 1999 (1). Since then, WNV activity has been reported from 42 additional states and the District of Columbia (2). Avian, equine, and human illnesses are most often reported. Analysis of surveillance data ...