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

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

doi:10.3201/eid1005.030603

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

Published Date:

May 2004

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030603 New Site Icon

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

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

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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.

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