Widespread West Nile virus activity, eastern United States, 2000

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):730-5. doi: 10.3201/eid0704.010423.

Abstract

In 1999, the U.S. West Nile (WN) virus epidemic was preceded by widespread reports of avian deaths. In 2000, ArboNET, a cooperative WN virus surveillance system, was implemented to monitor the sentinel epizootic that precedes human infection. This report summarizes 2000 surveillance data, documents widespread virus activity in 2000, and demonstrates the utility of monitoring virus activity in animals to identify human risk for infection.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / epidemiology
  • Bird Diseases / virology
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Ecology
  • Horse Diseases / epidemiology
  • Horse Diseases / virology
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Songbirds / virology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • West Nile Fever / epidemiology*
  • West Nile Fever / veterinary
  • West Nile Fever / virology
  • West Nile virus*