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- WEST NILE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE - USA (25)
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- [see also:
- West Nile virus surveillance - USA (21)
2000.3109
- West Nile virus surveillance - USA (22)
2000.3130
- West Nile virus surveillance - USA (23)
2000.3139
- West Nile virus surveillance - USA (24)
2000.3151]
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- Connecticut
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- <http://dep.state.ct.us/mosquito/index.asp [edited]
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- 15 Aug 2000
- The State of Connecticut announced 11 additional crows
testing positive for WNV in 6 different Connecticut communities including
2 crows from towns in Hartford County.
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- Massachusetts
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- <http://www.state.ma.us/dph/media/Pr0814.htm [edited]
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- 14 Aug 2000 Boston, MA - The Massachusetts Department
of Public Health (MDPH) announced today test results for West Nile virus
(WNV) surveillance. Five birds infected with West Nile virus were identified,
3 crows in Brookline, and 2 crows in Jamaica Plain. The birds died between
7 & 9 Aug 2000. In addition, MDPH announced a preliminary result
for a crow found dead in Wellesley on 9 Aug 2000. The Wellesley crow is
considered a laboratory probable West Nile virus infection pending further
laboratory test results. The positive birds from Brookline were infected
prior to spraying that has been conducted in Brookline.
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- New Jersey
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- <http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/westnile/810results.htm
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- 8 Aug 2000
- To date, 560 crows have been accepted for testing by
the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services' Public Health
and Environmental Laboratory. A total of 89 crows -- 37 found in Bergen,
19 in Middlesex, 9 in Union, 9 in Hudson, 10 in Passaic, 2 in Monmouth
and 3 in Essex Counties - -- have tested positive for the presence of the
WNV. At least one crow sample has been submitted from all 21 New Jersey
counties.
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- A cockatiel, found in Monmouth County on 3 Jul 2000 and
taken to a veterinary hospital on Staten Island 5 Jul 2000, has tested
positive for the presence of the WNV. It is important to note that the
cockatiel was found in the wild, apparently abandoned by, or escaped from
its owner and existed out of doors for an undetermined period of time.
When found, the bird seemed to be in good condition, but became ill approximately
5 days later and died on 16 Jul 2000. Given the limited information available,
it is not possible to determine where or when it became infected with WNV.
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- New York City
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- <http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/public/press00/pr75-815.html
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- 15 Aug 2000
- New York City Health Commissioner Neal L. Cohen, M.D.,
announced today that evidence of West Nile virus (WNV) has been confirmed
by the New York State Department of Health in a crow collected from the
Canarsie area of Brooklyn on 3 Aug 2000. This is the first evidence of
West Nile viral activity confirmed in Brooklyn in 2000, and as such, ground-based
spraying for adult mosquitoes will be conducted in a 2-mile radius of where
the bird was found, on Thursday evening, 17 Aug 2000, overnight from 10:00
p.m. to 5:00 a.m., weather permitting.
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- 16 Aug 2000 New York City Health Commissioner Neal L.
Cohen, M.D., announced today that the New York State Department of Health
confirmed yesterday that blood samples obtained from 5 live wild birds
collected in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn have tested positive for West
Nile virus. Blood samples from 4 sparrows and one mockingbird were collected
on 2 & 3 Aug 2000. Blood samples from 89 other birds that were trapped
in Greenwood Cemetery were found to be negative for the virus. As a result
of these findings, a 2-mile radius of the Greenwood Cemetery, including
Prospect Park, will be ground-sprayed on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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- New York State
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- <http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/westnile/update/today.htm
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- 15 Aug 2000
- Today the New York State Health Department's Wadsworth
Laboratory reported 8 additional West Nile virus positive birds: Dutchess
County, 1; New York City, 1 (Staten Island); Onondaga County, 1; Rensselaer
County, 1; Suffolk County, 1; Tompkins County, 1; Ulster County, 1 and
Westchester County, 1. Blood samples obtained from 5 live wild birds in
Brooklyn also were positive.
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- The total number of West Nile positive specimens for
New York State this year is 202 birds, 87 mosquito pools, 1 sentinel chicken
and 3 human cases. Note: the Tompkins County bird is the first documented
positive finding in that county. Today's update also includes a positive
crow from Bronx, which was confirmed over the weekend, the first positive
finding in that borough.
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