West Nile Virus Viral Infectious Diseases

West Nile Virus

Viral disease causing encephalitis (brain inflammation); rarely fatal in humans. Mosquitoes carry the virus from infected birds to other birds, people, horses, and other animals. The list of bird species that the virus has reported in is at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/birdspecies.htm

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• - Includes news releases, surveillance information in the state, forms, and fact sheet.
  
• - Includes fact sheets, news releases, and links.
  
• - Information and reports on the disease in the state.
  
• - Includes fact sheets, surveillance information and forms, and links.
  
• - West Nile surveillance information for the state.
  
• - Maps showing west nile virus distribution 2000.
  
• - Includes fact sheets and reporting information on the disease in the state.
  
• - Includes information about the disease and the mosquitoes that carry it.
  
• - Information about the diease in the state.
  
• - Factsheets with cause, symptoms, and prevention.
  
• - Includes press releases and information about the disease in the Houston, Texas area.
  
• - Features prvention tips and disease information.
  
• - Features information on the disease in the state, journalist's guide to the West Nile Virus, and fact sheet for healthcare providers.
  
• - News article about the human cases of the disease in the Chicago area, plus links to other stories concerning the disease.
  
• - Medical and scientific article on the virus and disease.
  
• - Includes publications and surveillance activities.
  
• - Information from the Medical College of Wisconsin, stressing that no human cases have been found in the state, and recommending mosquito protection.
  
• - Brochures and information about the disease in the state.
  
• - Article on the disease's spread in Mexico.
  
• - Includes reporting information, prevention tips, and surveillance information in the state.
  
• - Features press releases, surveillance, hotline, and educational materials.
  
• - Background information for journalists covering the topic.
  
• - Information about the disease in the state, links, and fact sheets.
  
• - History of the disease, articles, and links.
  
• - Features signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
  
• - General overview-history of West Nile virus, prevention, treatment, reporting processes and forms, and test results.
  
• - Features disease information, outbreaks, press releases, publications, projects, and documents.
  
• - Information on West Nile virus and encephalitis. Offers the background, transmission, prevention, symptoms and resources.
  
• - Archive of news stories about the disease in birds, horses, and people, with emphasis on the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
  
• - Includes fact sheets, press releases, and information about the disease in the state.
  
• - Extensive directory of factsheets, stories in the media, articles, and links. Also is the home of the WESTNILEVIRUS-L listserv and its archives.
  
• - Links and information about the disease and mosquito control in the state.
  
• - Feature fact sheets, surveillance reports, and dead bird reporting information.
  
• - Includes fact sheet, news releases, and state surveillance and response plan.
  
• - Discussed the connection between the West Nile virus and large-scale deaths of crows. Concludes that horses and migratory birds are the main vectors for spread of the disease.
  
• - Features disease information, mosquito control measures, brochures, and information for clinicians.
  
• - Information about the disease and the efforts in Canada to detect it.
  
• - Includes reports on the disease, press releases, educational resources, and specimen collection information.
  
• - Information on the disease and its effects on humans and birds.
  
• - Features fact sheet and information on the disease in the state.
  
• - Provides online medical reference, clinical guidelines, and full text articles for physicians and general public. Includes information on West Nile virus symptoms, carriers, transmission, and related conditions.
  
• - Provides information about the investigational treatment protocol for West Nile Virus employing alpha interferon.
  
• - Risk and symptoms of the disease in children.
  
• - A free stat manual for the identification, management and treatment of the West Nile Virus.
  
• - Bibliography, including links, of scientific articles related to the West Nile Virus.
  
• - Features fact sheets, disease and vector information, and surveillance information.
  
• - Information, news releases and forms.
  
• - News article on the disease.
  
• - Information for physicians, maps of locations, press releases, and how to report incidences of the diseases.
  
• - Features maps, fact sheets, links, and information about the disease in the state.
  
• - News about the disease collected from diverse sources on the web.
  
• - General information on the disease and brochures.
  
• - Includes map and newsletter for health care providers.
  
• - Information about the disease in the state.
  
• - Includes hotline, daily mosquito and bird update, news releases, and fact sheets.
  
• - Links to official sites, including how to report dead birds.
  
• - Infectious disease expert reviews clinical and laboratory data associated with the West Nile virus infection. Includes guidelines on diagnosis, encephalitis and meningitis treatment, and patient care.
  
• - Includes maps, press releases, species affected, and fact sheets.
  
• - News report of the confirmation of fatal cases of the diease in squirrels, a wolf, and a dog.
  
• - Offers information on the status of West Nile Virus in Kansas, gives information on how to report a dead bird, and provides links to additional sites for information on west nile virus in North America.
  
• - Provides data, information, and maps related to outbreaks of the West Nile virus and mosquito-borne encephalitis in the United States.
  
• - Includes disease information, brochures, FAQ, and notice to clinicians.
  
• - Information about the disease and mosquito control information.
  
• - Press releases, FAQs, emergency management plan, resources for virus information, and contacts.
  
• - Features articles, news stories, and fact sheet.
  
• - Includes cause, risk factors, prognosis, diagnosis, complications, tests, and prevention.
  
• - Impact of west nile virus in the state.
  
• - History and prevention of the disease.
  
• - Includes press releases, FAQ, and brochures.
  
• - Features press releases, fact sheet, mosquito control information, and treatment areas.
  
• - Features news stories and links.
  
• - Information on the disease and prevention of the disease in the state.
  
• - From Virginia Tech University. Links and articles.
  
• - Information and resources on the disease in the state.
  
• - Features links to information about the disease, with the focus on news links.
  
• - Features news releases, links, maps, and references. In English and Spanish.
  
• - Includes facts about the disease and the prevention program in the state.
  
• - Discussion of the spread of the disease in Canada. Includes information on patients, blood screening, tests, and prevention, as well as provincial statistics and media clips.
  
• - Dr. David Donson offers a report on the symptoms of West Nile virus infection such as flulike fever, encephalitis, and meningitis. Includes information on emergency care and mosquito bite prevention tips.
  
• - Abstract of Archives of Ophthalmology article about a patient presenting with floaters and other eye problems.
  
• - Provides doctors with information on the diagnosis, reporting, and management of patients with suspected West Nile virus infection.
  
• - Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Communicable Disease Prevention. General information and prevention measures.
  
• - Information about the disease in the state, including news releases, surveillance information, and public education.
  
• - First reported confirmation of antibodies to the disease in UK birds.
  
• - Includes news releases, state statistics, surveillance, and brochures.
  
• - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases fact sheet.
  
• - From the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Press releases and information about the disease in the state.
  
• - Fact sheet, tips for prevention, symptoms and care, West Nile Hotlines and spray schedules.
  
• - News releases and information about the disease in the state.
  
• - Information on the current status of this disease and its prevention and control in horses, poultry, and other livestock.
  
• - Basic facts from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
  
• - Updated statistics on cases in the county.
  
• - Includes updates on the virus in the state and brochures on the disease.
  
• - Scientific article about an outbreak of the disease in horses in Tuscany.
  
• - Information about the disease in humans, horses, and birds in Texas. Includes maps, statistics, news releases, and fact sheets about the disease.
  
• - Information and articles about the disease and its effects on horses and humans.
  
• - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of west nile virus and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
  
• - Surveillance for WNV was initiated in Louisiana in the Spring 2000 and involves 16 sentinel hospital emergency rooms, sentinel chicken flocks, mosquitoes, horses, and birds. Includes news releases and reports.
  
• - Information, fact sheets, reporting forms and local news related to the West Nile Virus in the New York City area.
  
• - Information on West Nile virus and other mosquito borne diseases in the state.
  
• - Features information about the possibility of the virus being in blood products, plus other fact sheets and links.
  
  

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