WNV: Found in IN + Update for August 22, 2001

Date: Wed, 22 August 2001
Posted by: Rose Kwok (rmk23@cornell.edu)

WNV Update for August 22, 2001: West Nile Virus has now been detected in 14 states and possibly in Canada. Here are some highlights and a state-by-state (and Canadian) update.

1. WNV in Indiana
2. Third Human Case in Florida
3. State-by-state Update

1. WNV IN INDIANA
West Nile Virus has been found in Indiana for the first time. The positive crow was found in southeastern Marion County (central IN). Tests completed on August 21, 2001 by the IN State Dept. of Health (ISDH) Laboratories confirmed the bird as WNV-positive. CDC will conduct testing in the next few days to further confirm the results. (Sources: ISDH press release: http://www.state.in.us/isdh/whatsnew/news/082201.htm and Aug. 22, 2001 AP story from CNN: [No Longer Available] ).

2. THIRD HUMAN CASE IN FLORIDA
A 40-year-old man from Jefferson County has become the third human case of WNV in FL (announced August 20, 2001). The man was hospitalized on August 20. (Sources: FL DOH press release: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/epi/alerts/wn082001.pdf [Link no longer active] and Aug. 21, 2001 Tallahassee Democrat: http://web.tallahasseedemocrat.com/content/tallahassee/2001/08/21/health/0821.loc.westnile.htm)

3. STATE-BY-STATE AND CANADIAN UPDATE (AUG. 22, 2001)
CANADA:
Possibly 2 birds (Windsor and Oakville, Ontario)

CONNECTICUT:
18 birds (Fairfield, Hartford, and New Haven Counties) (of 381 tested)
16 mosquito pools (Fairfield and New Haven Counties) FLORIDA:
38 wild birds (Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Okalossa, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington Counties)
34 horses (Duval, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, and Taylor Counties)
3 sentinel chickens (Bay, Duval, and Leon Counties)
3 people (Madison and Jefferson Counties)
(This tally is our best effort at interpreting the information provided by the FL DOH)

GEORGIA:
39 birds (Atkinson, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, DeKalb, Dougherty, Echols, Fulton, Houston, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Stephens, and Ware Counties)
1 horse (Thomas County)
1 person (Fulton County)

LOUISIANA:
1 bird (Jefferson County)

MARYLAND:
176 birds (Baltimore City and Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties) (of 960 tested)
8 mosquito pools (Baltimore City and Baltimore and Howard Counties)

MASSACHUSETTS:
128 birds (Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Worcester Counties) (of 1067 tested)

NEW HAMPSHIRE:
4 birds (Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties) (of 359 tested)

NEW JERSEY:
341 birds (Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, and Union Counties) (of 760 accepted for testing)
135 mosquito pools (Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties) (of 1,765 tested)
3 sentinel chickens (Monmouth County)

NEW YORK:
162 dead birds (Broome, Bronx, Brooklyn, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Manhattan, Nassau, Queens, Rockland, Staten Island, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester Counties)
3 live birds (Brooklyn and Queens)
77 mosquito pools (Bronx, Manhattan, Nassau, Queens, Staten Island, and Suffolk Counties)
1 person (State Island)

OHIO:
1 bird (Lake County)

PENNSYLVANIA:
16 birds (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties) (of 333 tested)
1 horse (Bucks County)

RHODE ISLAND:
8 birds (Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties)
10 mosquito pools positive or suspect-positive (Newport and Providence Counties)

VIRGINIA:
3 birds (Arlington, Fairfax, and Isle of Wight Counties) (of 582 tested)

WASHINGTON, DC:
29 birds

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