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Date: July 22, 2003
Posted by: Environmental Risk Analysis Program <envrisk@cornell.edu>

Excerpted from July 21, 2003 ProMED-mail posting (Id: 20030721.1782):

Date: Fri 18 Jul 2003
Source:  Radio Canada, nouvelles (trans. from French and edited by 
ProMED Moderator MPP)
http://radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200307/18/005-nil-nouveau-brunswick.shtml

FIRST DETECTION OF WNV IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

Results of analyses conducted in New Brunswick have confirmed the 
presence of WNV in the Province, according to the Chief Medical 
Officer for Public Health, Dr. Wayne MacDonald in Fredericton.  The 
carcass
of an infected bird, a crow, was found in New Maryland in the 
periphery of Fredericton  [approximately the 67th meridian].

The Ministry of Health and Welfare of the province declared they will 
intensify surveillance activities in a 50-km sector around New 
Maryland, but they do not have sufficient supplies of insecticide at 
the current moment. The Ministry of Health and Welfare require the 
population to report the presence of carcasses of crows, corbels, 
Canadian titmouses, and bluejays through a toll-free line for WNV in 
the province.

"Now that we know that WNV is present in the province, it is all the 
more important that residents take necessary precautions to avoid 
mosquito bites" said Dr. Wayne MacDonald in an official statement. 
The risk of
suffering disease caused by WNV is relatively low and the risks of 
serious consequences from disease are even lower, affirmed the 
doctor, emphasizing that it was important to avoid mosquito bites.

[WNV-L Moderator's Note:
      In 2002 WNV was detected in 5 Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Nova 
Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), as well as in an "imported" 
human case in Alberta that was likely acquired while travelling in 
the US.  While it had not previously been detected in New Brunswick, 
it has been detected further east, at sites in Nova Scotia close to 
the 65th meridian.
      For additional information about WNV in Canada, see the 
Environmental Risk Analysis Program's Historical Summary: 
http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/WNV/Update/Update(A-E).cfm#can.]

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