West Nile virus update--United States, January 1-September 11, 2007

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007 Sep 14;56(36):936-7.

Abstract

This report summarizes 2007 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, September 11, 2007. A total of 38 states have reported 1,395 cases of human WNV illness to CDC. A total of 770 (56%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 49 years (range: 15 months-96 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from January 8 to September 7; a total of 38 cases were fatal.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / virology
  • Birds / virology
  • Blood Donors
  • Child
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Horse Diseases / virology
  • Horses / virology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Rodent Diseases / virology
  • Sciuridae / virology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • West Nile Fever / epidemiology*
  • West Nile Fever / veterinary
  • West Nile virus / isolation & purification*