Reasonable Rascal
05-13-02, 19:12
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[Note: Now that West Nile virus infection is endemic throughout much of the Eastern seaboard of the United States, most reports on West Nile virus infection in year 2002 will be combined and presented as an "update" at regular, but not more frequent than weekly, intervals determined by the volume of such reports. As previously, however, reports of human infection, infection of new hosts, extension of geographical range, and events of special significance will be posted immediately on receipt. - Mod.CP]
In these updates:
[1] & [2] Birds (Virginia)
[3] Bird (Pennsylvania)
[4] Bird (Illinois)
[5] Surveillance planning
[1]
Date: 17 Apr 2002
Source, Virginia Department of Health, news release 17 Apr 2002 [edited]
<www.vdh.state.va.us>
Virginia: West Nile Virus Positive Crow Found in Arlington
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RICHMOND: Acting State Health Commissioner Robert B. Stroube, M.D., M.P.H., announced today that a dead crow found in Arlington has been confirmed to have West Nile virus. The crow is the first bird to test positive for West Nile virus in the state this year. Last year the state's first positive bird was found in mid-July.
The West Nile virus-positive crow was found in south Arlington County on 8 Apr 2002. The state's Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services in Richmond confirmed it on 16 Apr 2002. "Arlington County is monitoring the mosquito population right now to determine whether the types of mosquitoes that bite humans are present and if they are infected with West Nile virus," said Susan Allan, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Public Health for Arlington County.
In 2001, 213 birds, 6 horses, and 1 mosquito pool tested positive for West Nile virus in Virginia. No human cases of West Nile virus were confirmed in Virginia last year, but human cases were confirmed in Maryland. West Nile virus was first detected in Virginia in the fall of 2000.
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[2]
Date: 25 Apr 2002
Source: Fairfax County Government, news release, 25 Apr 2002 [edited]
<www.vdh.state.va.us>
Virginia: Crow Found in Hendon Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
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Dr. Carol Sharrett, Director of Fairfax County Health Department, announced today that a dead crow found in the Hendon area had tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first positive bird to be found in Fairfax county this year. Last year 53 positive crows were found in Fairfax county.
The West Nile virus-positive crow was picked up in the Hendon area on 19 Apr 2002 , and the state's Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services in Richmond confirmed the bird as West Nile virus-positive on 25 Apr 2002.
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[3]
Date: Tue 7 May 2002
Source: Associated Press Newswires, Tue 7 May 2002 [edited]
Pennsylvania: West Nile Virus Identified in Bucks County Crow
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DOYLESTOWN (Pennsylvania): A dead crow found in Bucks County last week has tested positive for West Nile virus. It is the first bird to test positive in Pennsylvania this year, state health officials said. The bird was found by a homeowner in Doylestown Township on 29 Apr 2002. A Health Department
spokesman stated that a laboratory test confirmed [the bird] had the mosquito-borne virus.
Last year, the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in a dead bird did not turn up until 1 Aug 2001, but health officials are not concerned about the virus surfacing earlier this year.
West Nile virus first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and was found last year in 10 states, as far south as Florida and as far west as Wisconsin. Nationally, there were 61 reported [human] cases, and 9 fatalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year 3 cases, none of them fatal, were reported in humans in Pennsylvania; in Philadelphia, Delaware and Fayette counties. In addition tests confirmed presence of the virus in 361 birds and 7 horses.
[An updated map of the location of West Nile virus isolations can be found
at the Pennsylvannia Department of Health web-site:
<http://www.westnile.state.pa.us/> - Mod.CP]
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[4]
Date: Thu 9 May 2002
Source, Illinois Department of Public Health, Press release, Thu 9 May 2002
[edited]
<http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press02/wnv_5_9_02.htm>
Illinois: Kane County Bird Positive for West Nile Virus
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SPRINGFIELD: A dead crow collected in northwestern Kane County has been confirmed as the first bird in the Midwest to test positive this year for West Nile virus (WNV), Dr. John R. Lumpkin, state public health director, announced today.
The crow was found on Thu 2 May 2002 in the Hampshire area by a citizen who submitted it to the local health department for testing. Preliminary testing by the Illinois Department of Agriculture laboratory in Galesburg was positive for WNV on Tue 7 May 2002 and the results were confirmed today by Illinois Department of Public Health laboratories in Springfield and Chicago.
WNV was first confirmed in Illinois in September 2001, when 2 dead crows from the Chicago metropolitan area tested positive for the virus. A total of 138 birds from 7 Illinois counties (Cook, Crawford, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will) tested positive for the virus last year. In addition, 2 horses -* one from Cook County and one from Kane County -* tested positive for WNV in 2001. There were no human cases of WNV in Illinois residents in 2001 and none have been reported this year.
Illinois' surveillance for WNV this year began 1 May 2002 and includes collecting dead crows and blue jays. Citizens who observe sick or dying crows and blue jays should contact their local health department or regional Illinois Department of Natural Resources office.
Since 1999, WNV has been detected in 28 states and this year has been identified in Florida, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as Illinois.
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[5]
Date: Wed 8 May 2002
Source: 2002 Third National Planning Meeting for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus.
West Nile Virus Surveillance Planning: Slide Sets
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Slide sets from the 2002 Third National Planning Meeting for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus in the United States are now available online in both PowerPoint and PDF formats:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/conf/march_2002.htm>
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Reproduced here as an educational service uner Fair Use doctrine.
<http://www.isid.org>
[Note: Now that West Nile virus infection is endemic throughout much of the Eastern seaboard of the United States, most reports on West Nile virus infection in year 2002 will be combined and presented as an "update" at regular, but not more frequent than weekly, intervals determined by the volume of such reports. As previously, however, reports of human infection, infection of new hosts, extension of geographical range, and events of special significance will be posted immediately on receipt. - Mod.CP]
In these updates:
[1] & [2] Birds (Virginia)
[3] Bird (Pennsylvania)
[4] Bird (Illinois)
[5] Surveillance planning
[1]
Date: 17 Apr 2002
Source, Virginia Department of Health, news release 17 Apr 2002 [edited]
<www.vdh.state.va.us>
Virginia: West Nile Virus Positive Crow Found in Arlington
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RICHMOND: Acting State Health Commissioner Robert B. Stroube, M.D., M.P.H., announced today that a dead crow found in Arlington has been confirmed to have West Nile virus. The crow is the first bird to test positive for West Nile virus in the state this year. Last year the state's first positive bird was found in mid-July.
The West Nile virus-positive crow was found in south Arlington County on 8 Apr 2002. The state's Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services in Richmond confirmed it on 16 Apr 2002. "Arlington County is monitoring the mosquito population right now to determine whether the types of mosquitoes that bite humans are present and if they are infected with West Nile virus," said Susan Allan, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Public Health for Arlington County.
In 2001, 213 birds, 6 horses, and 1 mosquito pool tested positive for West Nile virus in Virginia. No human cases of West Nile virus were confirmed in Virginia last year, but human cases were confirmed in Maryland. West Nile virus was first detected in Virginia in the fall of 2000.
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[2]
Date: 25 Apr 2002
Source: Fairfax County Government, news release, 25 Apr 2002 [edited]
<www.vdh.state.va.us>
Virginia: Crow Found in Hendon Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
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Dr. Carol Sharrett, Director of Fairfax County Health Department, announced today that a dead crow found in the Hendon area had tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first positive bird to be found in Fairfax county this year. Last year 53 positive crows were found in Fairfax county.
The West Nile virus-positive crow was picked up in the Hendon area on 19 Apr 2002 , and the state's Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services in Richmond confirmed the bird as West Nile virus-positive on 25 Apr 2002.
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[3]
Date: Tue 7 May 2002
Source: Associated Press Newswires, Tue 7 May 2002 [edited]
Pennsylvania: West Nile Virus Identified in Bucks County Crow
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DOYLESTOWN (Pennsylvania): A dead crow found in Bucks County last week has tested positive for West Nile virus. It is the first bird to test positive in Pennsylvania this year, state health officials said. The bird was found by a homeowner in Doylestown Township on 29 Apr 2002. A Health Department
spokesman stated that a laboratory test confirmed [the bird] had the mosquito-borne virus.
Last year, the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in a dead bird did not turn up until 1 Aug 2001, but health officials are not concerned about the virus surfacing earlier this year.
West Nile virus first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and was found last year in 10 states, as far south as Florida and as far west as Wisconsin. Nationally, there were 61 reported [human] cases, and 9 fatalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year 3 cases, none of them fatal, were reported in humans in Pennsylvania; in Philadelphia, Delaware and Fayette counties. In addition tests confirmed presence of the virus in 361 birds and 7 horses.
[An updated map of the location of West Nile virus isolations can be found
at the Pennsylvannia Department of Health web-site:
<http://www.westnile.state.pa.us/> - Mod.CP]
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[4]
Date: Thu 9 May 2002
Source, Illinois Department of Public Health, Press release, Thu 9 May 2002
[edited]
<http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press02/wnv_5_9_02.htm>
Illinois: Kane County Bird Positive for West Nile Virus
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SPRINGFIELD: A dead crow collected in northwestern Kane County has been confirmed as the first bird in the Midwest to test positive this year for West Nile virus (WNV), Dr. John R. Lumpkin, state public health director, announced today.
The crow was found on Thu 2 May 2002 in the Hampshire area by a citizen who submitted it to the local health department for testing. Preliminary testing by the Illinois Department of Agriculture laboratory in Galesburg was positive for WNV on Tue 7 May 2002 and the results were confirmed today by Illinois Department of Public Health laboratories in Springfield and Chicago.
WNV was first confirmed in Illinois in September 2001, when 2 dead crows from the Chicago metropolitan area tested positive for the virus. A total of 138 birds from 7 Illinois counties (Cook, Crawford, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will) tested positive for the virus last year. In addition, 2 horses -* one from Cook County and one from Kane County -* tested positive for WNV in 2001. There were no human cases of WNV in Illinois residents in 2001 and none have been reported this year.
Illinois' surveillance for WNV this year began 1 May 2002 and includes collecting dead crows and blue jays. Citizens who observe sick or dying crows and blue jays should contact their local health department or regional Illinois Department of Natural Resources office.
Since 1999, WNV has been detected in 28 states and this year has been identified in Florida, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as Illinois.
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[5]
Date: Wed 8 May 2002
Source: 2002 Third National Planning Meeting for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus.
West Nile Virus Surveillance Planning: Slide Sets
---------------------------------------------
Slide sets from the 2002 Third National Planning Meeting for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus in the United States are now available online in both PowerPoint and PDF formats:
<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/conf/march_2002.htm>
---------------------------------------------
Reproduced here as an educational service uner Fair Use doctrine.