Dead Crow Reports and Location of Human West Nile Virus Cases, Chicago, 2002

Watson, John T.; Jones, Roderick C.; Gibbs, Kevin; Paul, William

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Dead Crow Reports and Location of Human West Nile Virus Cases, Chicago, 2002

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May 2004
By Watson, John T. ; Jones, Roderick C. ; Gibbs, Kevin ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Watson, John T. ; Jones, Roderick C. ; Gibbs, Kevin ; Paul, William
Description:

During the summer and fall of 2002, an epidemic (223 cases) and epizootic of West Nile virus infections occurred in Chicago. Retrospective spatial analysis demonstrated that age-adjusted human case rates were three times higher inside geographic areas with high early-season crow deaths than outside these areas.
Subjects:

Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Bird Diseases Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Sentinel Surveillance Songbirds West Nile Fever
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(5):938-940.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Chicago, IL
Location:

North America
Volume:

10
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:81fdc9f18af76aad86d46b9e11c290298bb58ad608d89cca02b26f9fdffe8b31
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