title: West Nile virus activity--United States, January 1-September 12, 2006.
abstract: This report summarizes West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, September 12, 2006. A total of 36 states and the District of Columbia had reported 1,634 cases of human WNV illness to CDC. A total of 921 (57%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 51 years (range: 3 months-95 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from January 6 to September 10; a total of 52 cases were fatal.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000821:virology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification