Viral disease causing encephalitis (brain inflammation); rarely fatal in humans. Mosquitoes carry the virus from infected birds to other birds, people, horses, and other animals.
Because corvids (ravens, crows, magpies, and blue jays) are particul...
This page was last updated on August 20th, 2008
This page was last updated on August 20th, 2008
West Nile Virus (from Viral)
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West Nile Virus Moves Into Wisconsin
Information from the Medical College of Wisconsin, stressing that no human cases have been found in the state, and recommending mosquito protection.
Alabama: West Nile Virus
Information about the disease in the state.
New Mexico Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Includes updates on the virus in the state and brochures on the disease.
New York City Department of Health - West Nile Virus
Information, fact sheets, reporting forms and local news related to the West Nile Virus in the New York City area.
eMedicine - West Nile Encephalitis
Infectious disease expert reviews clinical and laboratory data associated with the West Nile virus infection. Includes guidelines on diagnosis, encephalitis and meningitis treatment, and patient care.
Research on West Nile Virus
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases fact sheet.
Are Crows the New Plague Carriers?
Discussed the connection between the West Nile virus and large-scale deaths of crows. Concludes that horses and migratory birds are the main vectors for spread of the disease.
Massachusetts: West Nile Virus Information
Includes hotline, daily mosquito and bird update, news releases, and fact sheets.
Ohio West Nile Virus
Information about the diease in the state.
Texas Department of Health Zoonosis Control Division - West Nile Virus
Information about the disease in humans, horses, and birds in Texas. Includes maps, statistics, news releases, and fact sheets about the disease.
West Nile Virus Maps - nationalatlas.gov
Maps showing west nile virus distribution 2000.
National Biological Information Infrastructure : West Nile Virus
Provides data, information, and maps related to outbreaks of the West Nile virus and mosquito-borne encephalitis in the United States.
District of Columbia Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Features disease information, mosquito control measures, brochures, and information for clinicians.
Delaware Public Health: West Nile Virus
Fact sheets and statistics on the disease in the state.
Florida State Arboviral Encephalitis and West Nile Virus Information
Information for physicians, maps of locations, press releases, and how to report incidences of the diseases.
Washington State Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Includes press releases, FAQ, and brochures.
Vitritis and Chorioretinitis in a Patient With West Nile Virus Infection
Abstract of Archives of Ophthalmology article about a patient presenting with floaters and other eye problems.
West Virginia: West Nile Virus
Brochures and information about the disease in the state.
South Dakota Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Information about the disease in the state, links, and fact sheets.
European Commission Public Health: West Nile Virus
Features disease information, outbreaks, press releases, publications, projects, and documents.
Louisiana OPH Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program: West Nile Virus and Other Arboviruses
Surveillance for WNV was initiated in Louisiana in the Spring 2000 and involves 16 sentinel hospital emergency rooms, sentinel chicken flocks, mosquitoes, horses, and birds. Includes news releases and reports.
South Carolina: West Nile Virus
Information and resources on the disease in the state.
New Hampshire: West Nile Virus
General overview-history of West Nile virus, prevention, treatment, reporting processes and forms, and test results.
Kids and the West Nile Virus
Risk and symptoms of the disease in children.
eMedicine - West Nile Virus and Insect Bite Resource
Provides online medical reference, clinical guidelines, and full text articles for physicians and general public. Includes information on West Nile virus symptoms, carriers, transmission, and related conditions.
Michigan Emerging Diseases Issues
Includes reports on the disease, press releases, educational resources, and specimen collection information.
Kidshealth: West Nile Virus
Factsheets with cause, symptoms, and prevention.
Harris County Public Health Services: West Nile Virus
Includes press releases and information about the disease in the Houston, Texas area.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services West Nile Virus Information
Press releases, FAQs, emergency management plan, resources for virus information, and contacts.
Cornell West Nile Virus Bibliography of Scientific Literature
Bibliography, including links, of scientific articles related to the West Nile Virus.
Minnesota Department of Health : West Nile Virus and Other Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases
Features maps, fact sheets, links, and information about the disease in the state.
MayoClinic.com - West Nile Virus
Features signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
US Department of Agriculture: West Nile Virus
Information on the current status of this disease and its prevention and control in horses, poultry, and other livestock.
Alberta Health and Wellness: West Nile Virus
Features prvention tips and disease information.
Georgia Department of Public Health - Vector-borne Diseases
Information on West Nile virus and other mosquito borne diseases in the state.
American Academy of Pediatrics: West Nile Virus Information
History and prevention of the disease.
Colorado West Nile Virus Information
From the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Press releases and information about the disease in the state.
Topix.net - West Nile Virus News
News about the disease collected from diverse sources on the web.
Inside Illinois: UI lab confirms first cases of West Nile in canines, squirrels
News report of the confirmation of fatal cases of the diease in squirrels, a wolf, and a dog.
California West Nile Virus Surveillance Information Center
Information on the disease and prevention of the disease in the state.
Indiana State Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Features news releases, links, maps, and references. In English and Spanish.
Illinois Department of Public Health: West Nile Virus
Information about the disease in the state, including news releases, surveillance information, and public education.
eMedicine - West Nile Virus
Dr. David Donson offers a report on the symptoms of West Nile virus infection such as flulike fever, encephalitis, and meningitis. Includes information on emergency care and mosquito bite prevention tips.
Postgraduate Medicine: West Nile Virus Infection
Medical and scientific article on the virus and disease.
State and Local Government Sites - West Nile Virus
Links to official sites, including how to report dead birds.
West Nile Equine Encephalitis: An Emerging Disease in Italy?
Scientific article about an outbreak of the disease in horses in Tuscany.
New York Hospital Queens
Provides information about the investigational treatment protocol for West Nile Virus employing alpha interferon.
BBC News: Killer virus 'may have reached UK'
News article on the disease.
North Dakota Arbovirus Encephalitis Surveillance Program
West Nile surveillance information for the state.
Nebraska HHS System: West Nile Virus Surveillance Program
Includes fact sheets, surveillance information and forms, and links.
Montana West Nile Virus Surveillance Project
Features fact sheet and information on the disease in the state.
Virginia Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Includes reporting information, prevention tips, and surveillance information in the state.
Vads Corner: West Nile Fever
Directory of links to information sites and news stories.
washingtonpost.com: West Nile Virus
Archive of news stories about the disease in birds, horses, and people, with emphasis on the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Tennessee: West Nile Virus
Features fact sheets, disease and vector information, and surveillance information.
TrekFit
Information on West Nile virus and encephalitis. Offers the background, transmission, prevention, symptoms and resources.
On Watch for West Nile Virus in Oklahoma
Feature fact sheets, surveillance reports, and dead bird reporting information.
Kentucky Department for Public Health: West Nile Virus
Information about the disease and mosquito control information.
National Audubon Society: West Nile Virus
Information on the disease and its effects on humans and birds.
North Carolina: West Nile Virus
Information and reports on the disease in the state.
Wyoming West Nile Virus Information
Includes news releases, surveillance information in the state, forms, and fact sheet.
Cornell Environmental Risk Analysis Program: West Nile Virus
Extensive directory of factsheets, stories in the media, articles, and links. Also is the home of the WESTNILEVIRUS-L listserv and its archives.
National Wildlife Health Center: West Nile Virus Emerges in North America
Includes maps, press releases, species affected, and fact sheets.
National Pesticide Information Center: West Nile Virus
Features disease information, links, statistics, and maps.
West Nile Virus Response Manual
A free stat manual for the identification, management and treatment of the West Nile Virus.
West Nile Virus and Bird Surveillance Program in Kansas
Offers information on the status of West Nile Virus in Kansas, gives information on how to report a dead bird, and provides links to additional sites for information on west nile virus in North America.
CDC - West Nile Virus in Mexico: Evidence of Widespread Circulation since July 2002
Article on the disease's spread in Mexico.
New York State Department of Health: West Nile Virus
Features information on the disease in the state, journalist's guide to the West Nile Virus, and fact sheet for healthcare providers.
West Nile Virus Information Page
From Virginia Tech University. Links and articles.
TheHorse.com: West Nile Virus
Information and articles about the disease and its effects on horses and humans.
CBC News - West Nile Virus
Discussion of the spread of the disease in Canada. Includes information on patients, blood screening, tests, and prevention, as well as provincial statistics and media clips.
Annals of Internal Medicine: West Nile Virus: A Primer for the Clinician
Provides doctors with information on the diagnosis, reporting, and management of patients with suspected West Nile virus infection.
Mississippi State Department Of Health: West Nile Virus
Information, news releases and forms.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, West Nile Virus
Features articles, news stories, and fact sheet.
West Nile Fever.com
Fact sheet, tips for prevention, symptoms and care, West Nile Hotlines and spray schedules.
Vermont Department of Health: West Nile Virus Information
Includes fact sheet, news releases, and state surveillance and response plan.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: West Nile Virus
Includes cause, risk factors, prognosis, diagnosis, complications, tests, and prevention.
CDC: West Nile Virus
Background, entomology, vertebrate ecology, NYC area outbreak, virology, surveillance, control, prevention, and bibliography regarding West Nile virus infection in the U.S.
Chicago Department of Public Health: West Nile Virus
Features press releases, fact sheet, mosquito control information, and treatment areas.
West Nile Virus
Fact sheets and advisories from the US Geological Survey as well as link to additional information.
Hawaii: West Nile Virus Information Center
Includes disease information, brochures, FAQ, and notice to clinicians.
National Safety Council Fact Sheet : West Nile Virus
Includes information about the disease and the mosquitoes that carry it.
Iowa West Nile Virus Surveillance and Dead Bird Submission
Includes map and newsletter for health care providers.
Utah: West Nile Virus
Includes fact sheets, press releases, and information about the disease in the state.
Arizona: West Nile Virus Surveillance and Prevention
Includes facts about the disease and the prevention program in the state.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: West Nile Virus
Includes publications and surveillance activities.
MEDLINEplus: West Nile Virus
Features news stories and links.
Idaho West Nile Virus
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Communicable Disease Prevention. General information and prevention measures.
Maryland West Nile Virus
Basic facts from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Nevada: West Nile Virus
General information on the disease and brochures.
Oregon Public Health Services : West Nile Virus
Includes fact sheets and reporting information on the disease in the state.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: West Nile Virus
Provides disease information and surveillance results for the state.
Food and Drug Administration: West Nile Virus
Features information about the possibility of the virus being in blood products, plus other fact sheets and links.
Maine West Nile Virus Information Center
Impact of west nile virus in the state.
West Nile Support and Information
Forum and links.
West Nile Virus - Vads Corner
Features links to information about the disease, with the focus on news links.
Wisconsin: West Nile Virus
Includes news releases, state statistics, surveillance, and brochures.
West Nile Virus Surveillance Information - Bureau of Infectious Diseases - PPHB - Health Canada
Information about the disease and the efforts in Canada to detect it.
New Scientist: Traces of West Nile virus found in UK birds
First reported confirmation of antibodies to the disease in UK birds.
Arkansas: West Nile Virus
Features press releases, surveillance, hotline, and educational materials.
Rhode Island: West Nile Virus
Links and information about the disease and mosquito control in the state.
USA Today: 21 West Nile deaths reported in Illinois in worst outbreak in the country
News article about the human cases of the disease in the Chicago area, plus links to other stories concerning the disease.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: West Nile Virus
History of the disease, articles, and links.
Pennsylvania: West Nile Virus
News releases and information about the disease in the state.
Kansas Epidemiologic Services: West Nile Virus
Includes fact sheets, news releases, and links.
Montgomery County, Maryland - West Nile Virus Information
Updated statistics on cases in the county.
eMedicine Health - West Nile Virus
Consumer health resource center providing an overview of west nile virus and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
Information from the Medical College of Wisconsin, stressing that no human cases have been found in the state, and recommending mosquito protection.
Information about the disease in the state.
Includes updates on the virus in the state and brochures on the disease.
Information, fact sheets, reporting forms and local news related to the West Nile Virus in the New York City area.
Infectious disease expert reviews clinical and laboratory data associated with the West Nile virus infection. Includes guidelines on diagnosis, encephalitis and meningitis treatment, and patient care.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases fact sheet.
Discussed the connection between the West Nile virus and large-scale deaths of crows. Concludes that horses and migratory birds are the main vectors for spread of the disease.
Includes hotline, daily mosquito and bird update, news releases, and fact sheets.
Information about the diease in the state.
Information about the disease in humans, horses, and birds in Texas. Includes maps, statistics, news releases, and fact sheets about the disease.
Maps showing west nile virus distribution 2000.
Provides data, information, and maps related to outbreaks of the West Nile virus and mosquito-borne encephalitis in the United States.
Features disease information, mosquito control measures, brochures, and information for clinicians.
Fact sheets and statistics on the disease in the state.
Information for physicians, maps of locations, press releases, and how to report incidences of the diseases.
Includes press releases, FAQ, and brochures.
Abstract of Archives of Ophthalmology article about a patient presenting with floaters and other eye problems.
Brochures and information about the disease in the state.
Information about the disease in the state, links, and fact sheets.
Features disease information, outbreaks, press releases, publications, projects, and documents.
Surveillance for WNV was initiated in Louisiana in the Spring 2000 and involves 16 sentinel hospital emergency rooms, sentinel chicken flocks, mosquitoes, horses, and birds. Includes news releases and reports.
Information and resources on the disease in the state.
General overview-history of West Nile virus, prevention, treatment, reporting processes and forms, and test results.
Risk and symptoms of the disease in children.
Provides online medical reference, clinical guidelines, and full text articles for physicians and general public. Includes information on West Nile virus symptoms, carriers, transmission, and related conditions.
Includes reports on the disease, press releases, educational resources, and specimen collection information.
Factsheets with cause, symptoms, and prevention.
Includes press releases and information about the disease in the Houston, Texas area.
Press releases, FAQs, emergency management plan, resources for virus information, and contacts.
Bibliography, including links, of scientific articles related to the West Nile Virus.
Features maps, fact sheets, links, and information about the disease in the state.
Features signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Information on the current status of this disease and its prevention and control in horses, poultry, and other livestock.
Features prvention tips and disease information.
Information on West Nile virus and other mosquito borne diseases in the state.
History and prevention of the disease.
From the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Press releases and information about the disease in the state.
News about the disease collected from diverse sources on the web.
News report of the confirmation of fatal cases of the diease in squirrels, a wolf, and a dog.
Information on the disease and prevention of the disease in the state.
Features news releases, links, maps, and references. In English and Spanish.
Information about the disease in the state, including news releases, surveillance information, and public education.
Dr. David Donson offers a report on the symptoms of West Nile virus infection such as flulike fever, encephalitis, and meningitis. Includes information on emergency care and mosquito bite prevention tips.
Medical and scientific article on the virus and disease.
Links to official sites, including how to report dead birds.
Scientific article about an outbreak of the disease in horses in Tuscany.
Provides information about the investigational treatment protocol for West Nile Virus employing alpha interferon.
News article on the disease.
West Nile surveillance information for the state.
Includes fact sheets, surveillance information and forms, and links.
Features fact sheet and information on the disease in the state.
Includes reporting information, prevention tips, and surveillance information in the state.
Directory of links to information sites and news stories.
Archive of news stories about the disease in birds, horses, and people, with emphasis on the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Features fact sheets, disease and vector information, and surveillance information.
Information on West Nile virus and encephalitis. Offers the background, transmission, prevention, symptoms and resources.
Feature fact sheets, surveillance reports, and dead bird reporting information.
Information about the disease and mosquito control information.
Information on the disease and its effects on humans and birds.
Information and reports on the disease in the state.
Includes news releases, surveillance information in the state, forms, and fact sheet.
Extensive directory of factsheets, stories in the media, articles, and links. Also is the home of the WESTNILEVIRUS-L listserv and its archives.
Includes maps, press releases, species affected, and fact sheets.
Features disease information, links, statistics, and maps.
A free stat manual for the identification, management and treatment of the West Nile Virus.
Offers information on the status of West Nile Virus in Kansas, gives information on how to report a dead bird, and provides links to additional sites for information on west nile virus in North America.
Article on the disease's spread in Mexico.
Features information on the disease in the state, journalist's guide to the West Nile Virus, and fact sheet for healthcare providers.
From Virginia Tech University. Links and articles.
Information and articles about the disease and its effects on horses and humans.
Discussion of the spread of the disease in Canada. Includes information on patients, blood screening, tests, and prevention, as well as provincial statistics and media clips.
Provides doctors with information on the diagnosis, reporting, and management of patients with suspected West Nile virus infection.
Information, news releases and forms.
Features articles, news stories, and fact sheet.
Fact sheet, tips for prevention, symptoms and care, West Nile Hotlines and spray schedules.
Includes fact sheet, news releases, and state surveillance and response plan.
Includes cause, risk factors, prognosis, diagnosis, complications, tests, and prevention.
Background, entomology, vertebrate ecology, NYC area outbreak, virology, surveillance, control, prevention, and bibliography regarding West Nile virus infection in the U.S.
Features press releases, fact sheet, mosquito control information, and treatment areas.
Fact sheets and advisories from the US Geological Survey as well as link to additional information.
Includes disease information, brochures, FAQ, and notice to clinicians.
Includes information about the disease and the mosquitoes that carry it.
Includes map and newsletter for health care providers.
Includes fact sheets, press releases, and information about the disease in the state.
Includes facts about the disease and the prevention program in the state.
Includes publications and surveillance activities.
Features news stories and links.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Communicable Disease Prevention. General information and prevention measures.
Basic facts from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
General information on the disease and brochures.
Includes fact sheets and reporting information on the disease in the state.
Provides disease information and surveillance results for the state.
Features information about the possibility of the virus being in blood products, plus other fact sheets and links.
Impact of west nile virus in the state.
Forum and links.
Features links to information about the disease, with the focus on news links.
Includes news releases, state statistics, surveillance, and brochures.
Information about the disease and the efforts in Canada to detect it.
First reported confirmation of antibodies to the disease in UK birds.
Features press releases, surveillance, hotline, and educational materials.
Links and information about the disease and mosquito control in the state.
News article about the human cases of the disease in the Chicago area, plus links to other stories concerning the disease.
History of the disease, articles, and links.
News releases and information about the disease in the state.
Includes fact sheets, news releases, and links.
Updated statistics on cases in the county.
Consumer health resource center providing an overview of west nile virus and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
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