# Presentation: 320199

## West Nile Virus – Human Cases2002

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- Human Case(s) Reported

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases****2002**

## West Nile Virus – Human CasesAugust 7, 2002

**Mississippi****	****28**
**Texas****	****	****12**
**Arkansas****	****	****  1**
**Illinois****	****	****  1**
**Alabama****	****	****  1**

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases****August 7,**** ****2002**

## West Nile Virus – Human Cases

-      **Heightened Surveillance**
**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases**

## State Response

**State Response**

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases**

## PREVENTION

**State Response**

- Photograph Courtesy of the CDC

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases**

**PREVENTION**

## PREVENTION

**MosquitoControl**

**Personal****Protection**

**PREVENTION**

##      Heightened Surveillance 

**State Response**

**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

-      **Heightened Surveillance**** **

##    West Nile Virus Surveillance

**Laboratory Support**

**Feedback to Physicians, Officials, and the Public**

-    **West Nile Virus Surveillance**

##    West Nile Virus Surveillance

- Dead Bird Testing
- Live Bird Testing
- Mosquito Testing
- Equine Cases
- Human Cases

-    **West Nile Virus Surveillance**

## Texas Counties with West Nile Virusin Humans, 2002

**Texas Counties with West Nile Virus****in Humans, 2002**

## West Nile VirusMississippi

- 	    **Animal Case(s)**

**1**

**12**
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**1**

**1**

**1**

**1**

**2**

**1**

**2**

**1**

**1**

**1**

**2**

- August 7, 2002

**West Nile Virus****Mississippi**

## West Nile VirusLouisiana 2001

**WNV Human Cases = 1**
**WNV Equine Cases  = 10**
**WNV Avian Cases = 6**

**7, Vermillion**
**1, Calcaseiu**
**1, Iberia**
**1, Plaquemine**
**7, Jefferson**

**West Nile Virus****Louisiana**** 2001**

## Arboviral Activity Louisiana2001

- SLE Human Cases
- EEE Equine Cases
- EEE Human Cases
- SLE Avian Cases
- EEE Mosquito Pools
- WNV Equine Cases
- WNV Human Cases
- WNV Avian Cases

-  **SLE  5 Human Cases**

**Outbreak or Cluster                                 with Human Case(s)**

**Arboviral Activity**** Louisiana****2001**

## Dead Crow Density

## West Nile Virus Surveillance

**West Nile Virus Surveillance**

**How Clinicians Can Help**

## Report Cases

**Report Cases**

**How Clinicians Can Help**

**West Nile Virus Surveillance**

## Submit (the right) clinical specimens

**2.****	****Submit (the right) clinical specimens**

**Submit (the right) clinical specimens**

**How Clinicians Can Help**

**West Nile Virus Surveillance**

## Provide clinical information

**2.****	****Submit (the right) clinical specimens**

**3.****	****Provide clinical information**

**Provide clinical information**

**How Clinicians Can Help**

**West Nile Virus Surveillance**

## West Nile Virus – Human CasesState Response

**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

**West Nile Virus – Human Cases****State Response**

##    Public InformationGoals

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-    **Public Information****Goals**

## Residential Habitat Elimination

**Residential Habitat Elimination**

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-    **Public Information****Goals**

**Residential Habitat Elimination**

## Personal Protection

**Residential Habitat Elimination**

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-    **Public Information****Goals**

**Personal Protection**

**Personal Protection**

## Avoidance, Clothing, Repellant

**Residential Habitat Elimination**

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-    **Public Information****Goals**

- Avoidance**, Clothing, Repellant**

**Personal Protection**

-   Avoidance
-   Clothing
-   Repellant

## West Nile Virus Detected

## Mosquitoes Can Kill

## Fight the Bite

## West Nile Virus Publications

## Medical Provider Information

**State Response**

-      **Heightened Surveillance**
**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

**Medical Provider Information**

## MMWR

## Dear Doctor

- Dear Doctor:
- Mississippi is experiencing a substantial increase in West Nile virus (WNV) activity this summer.  Eight confirmed and fourteen probable human cases have been reported from a total of eleven counties.  Birds, horses, or mosquitoes infected with WNV have been identified in at least thirteen counties so far.  Dead blue jays or crows have been reported from all 82 counties; laboratory testing for WNV and other arboviruses is pending on many of them.  More animal virus detection is expected, as are additional human cases.
- Like most other arboviruses seen in Mississippi, WNV infection in humans typically is asymptomatic or subclinical, but in a few individuals can produce

## Medical Provider Information

-  **How Clinicians Can Help**

**Use State & Local Health Department and CDC websites**

**Medical Provider Information**

## Medical Provider Information

-  **How Clinicians Can Help**

**Medical Provider Information**

_**Read**_** mailings from the Health Department**

- Dear Doctor:
- Mississippi is experiencing a substantial increase in West Nile virus (WNV) activity this summer.
- Eight confirmed and fourteen probable human cases have been reported from a total of eleven counties.

**Use State & Local Health Department**
**and CDC Websites**

## Mosquito Control

**State Response**

-      **Heightened Surveillance**
**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

**Mosquito Control**

## A Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquito on a Human Finger

- Photograph Courtesy of the CDC

- A *Culex quinquefasciatus* Mosquito on a Human Finger

## Mosquito Habitat Elimination

**Habitat Elimination**
**Adulticiding**
**Larviciding**

- Mosquito **Habitat Elimination**

## State Response Recap

**State Response**

-      **Heightened Surveillance**
**     ****Public Information**
**     ****Medical Provider Information**
**     ****Mosquito Control**

**State Response Recap**

## The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

**The ****Association of State**
**and Territorial Health Officials**

**www.ASTHO.org**

## National Association of County and City Health Officials

**and City Health Officials**

**www.naccho.org**

**National Association of County and City Health Officials**