Article: Dead bird clusters as an early warning system for West Nile virus activity. (Research).

Article: New York residents fear West Nile virus after ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 25, 2003 ;     471 words ...New York residents fear West Nile virus after dead bird found NEW YORK, July 25 (Xinhua ... of the five boroughs of New York City, were urging the ... West Nile virus after a dead bird was found on the street ...

Article: CROW WITH W. NILE FOUND IN MARCELLUS; DEAD BIRD, ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... has arrived in Central New York this year, health officials ... appearance in Central New York, showing up in a dead ... with a 1999 outbreak in New York City. Since then, it ... residents who want to report a dead bird may call the health department ...

Article: Dead Bird Surveillance as an Early Warning System ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of human cases. Dead bird surveillance appears ... and fall of 1999, New York State (NYS) had ... had occurred in New York City (NYC) and ... 4). Whether dead bird surveillance could ... the usefulness of dead bird surveillance in ... surveillance, the New ...

Article: Md. Officials Don't Want Just Any Old Dead Bird
The Washington Post;  October 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... important to remember, this isn't a dead bird pickup service," said epidemiologist ... has seriously sickened 17 people in New York and New Jersey, and it killed an ... Callers have flooded Maryland's dead bird hot line since the virus was discovered ...

Article: SHUT OFF DEAD BIRD FLOW, OFFICIALS SAY
Dayton Daily News;  August 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... first appeared in the United States in 1999 when an outbreak in New York killed several people, all 75 or older. It spreads to humans ... people cannot get the virus directly from birds. "If you see a dead bird in nature, leave it there and it will decay," he said ...

Article: DEAD BIRD WASN'T RARE PEREGRINE FALCON.(CAPITAL ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 1, 1994 ;     388 words ... ... bird as a peregrine falcon, a species that was eradicated in New York by DDT in the 1960s but has been making a comeback under public release programs. With 20 known pairs in the Adirondacks and New York City, EnCon is still attempting to encourage a pair to nest ...

Article: Dead crow density and West Nile virus monitoring, New ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... previous studies. Because New York City developed its own ... surveillance system to monitor dead bird reports, New York City data have not been ... date of onset after dead bird surveillance had abated ... and travel outside of New York at likely time of ...