West Nile Virus

Research from J.E. Soverow and co-researchers in the area of west nile virus published

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 9th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "The effects of weather on West Nile virus (WNV) mosquito populations in the United States have been widely reported, but few studies assess their overall impact on transmission to humans. We investigated meteorologic conditions associated with reported human WNV cases in the United States."

"We conducted a case-crossover study to assess 16,298 human WNV cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2001 to 2005. The primary outcome measures were the incidence rate ratio of disease occurrence associated with mean weekly maximum temperature, cumulative weekly temperature, mean weekly dew point...

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