title: West Nile virus update--United States, January 1-November 13, 2007.
abstract: This report summarizes 2007 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, November 13, 2007. A total of 43 states had reported 3,304 cases of human WNV illness to CDC. A total of 1,803 (55%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 51 years (range: 1 month-97 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from January 8 to November 6; a total of 93 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; D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; 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*