Early-season avian deaths from West Nile virus as warnings of human infection.
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.
Guptill
Stephen C
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U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA. sguptill@usgs.gov
Julian
Kathleen G
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Campbell
Grant L
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Price
Susan D
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Marfin
Anthony A
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D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001717:Birds; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*