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Emerg Infect Dis 2003 Apr;9(4):483-4.

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

Guptill SC, Julian KG, Campbell GL, Price SD, Marfin AA

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA. sguptill@usgs.gov

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 3078

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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