title: West Nile virus update--United States, January 1-July 22, 2008.
abstract: This report summarizes 2008 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, July 22, 2008. A total of 14 states have reported 43 cases of human WNV illness to CDC. A total of 26 (54%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 46 years (range: 12-80 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from January 17 to July 10; none of the cases were fatal.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification