Dead crow reports and location of human West Nile virus cases, Chicago, 2002

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...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2004-05, Vol.10 (5), p.938-940
Main Authors: Watson, John T, Jones, Roderick C, Gibbs, Kevin, Paul, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Bird Diseases - epidemiology
Bird Diseases - mortality
Bird Diseases - virology
Causes of
Chicago - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs - veterinary
Dispatch
Epidemics
epidemiology
geographic information systems
Humans
Illinois
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
population surveillance
Prevention
Sentinel Surveillance
Songbirds - virology
United States
West Nile Fever - epidemiology
West Nile Fever - veterinary
West Nile Fever - virology
West Nile virus
West Nile virus - isolation & purification
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1005.030603