title: Dead crow reports and location of human West Nile virus cases, Chicago, 2002.
abstract: During the summer and fall of 2002, an epidemic (223 cases) and epizootic of West Nile virus infections occurred in Chicago. Retrospective spatial analysis demonstrated that age-adjusted human case rates were three times higher inside geographic areas with high early-season crow deaths than outside these areas.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. watson_john@cdph.org
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Roderick C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000821:virology; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D020308:Songbirds / Q000821:virology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification