Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California.
Adjustable rate mortgages and the downturn in the California housing market caused a 300% increase in notices of delinquency in Bakersfield, Kern County. This led to large numbers of neglected swimming pools, which were associated with a 276% increase in the number of human West Nile virus cases during the summer of 2007.
Reisen
William K
WK
Center for Vectorborne Diseases, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Old Davis Rd, Davis, CA 95616, USA. arbo123@pacbell.net
Takahashi
Richard M
RM
Carroll
Brian D
BD
Quiring
Rob
R
D000818:Animals; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D006798:Housing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D009032:Mosquito Control; D011156:Population Density; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D046370:Sparrows / Q000821:virology; D013551:Swimming Pools; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014902:West Nile virus