Early-season avian deaths from West Nile virus as warnings of human infection

被引:61
作者
Guptill, SC [1 ]
Julian, KG
Campbell, GL
Price, SD
Marfin, AA
机构
[1] US Geol Survey, Natl Ctr 521, Reston, VA 20192 USA
[2] Hershey Med Ctr, Hershey, PA USA
[3] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA USA
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D O I
10.3201/eid0904.020421
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
An analysis of 2001 and 2002 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data shows that counties that report WNV-infected dead birds early in the transmission season are more likely to report subsequent WNV disease cases in humans than are counties that do not report early WNV-infected dead birds.
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页码:483 / 484
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