West Nile virus outbreak among horses in New York State, 1999 and 2000.
West Nile (WN) virus was identified in the Western Hemisphere in 1999. Along with human encephalitis cases, 20 equine cases of WN virus were detected in 1999 and 23 equine cases in 2000 in New York. During both years, the equine cases occurred after human cases in New York had been identified.
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New York State Department of Agriculture and Market, 1 Winners Circle, Albany, NY 12235, USA. Susan.Trock@agmkt.state.ny.us
Meade
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Glaser
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Ostlund
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Lanciotti
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Cropp
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Kulasekera
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Kramer
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Komar
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D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral