West Nile Virus

Three New Human Cases, No Deaths Reported

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 9th, 2001

The following report summarizes surveillance data for West Nile virus (WNV) infection reported to U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, through ArboNET and verified by states and jurisdictions as of September 18, 2001.

During the week of September 12-18, three human cases of WNV encephalitis were reported, all in Connecticut; no deaths were reported. During the same period among animal WNV activity, 474 crows, 173 other birds, and 61 horses were verified as WNV-positive. Thirty-eight WNV-positive mosquito pools also were reported in three states (Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania).

A year-to-date total of 12 human cases of WNV...

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