! est Nile Viru " 2005 The West Nile Virus Other - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

! est Nile Viru " 2005

The West Nile Virus Other Flaviviruses: Yellow Fever St. Louis Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalitis Eastern Equine Encephalitis LaCrosse Virus Dengue Fever Virus

130 species of birds have been infected, so far.

Flyways of North America

D oes wea ti er and clima tf de tf rmine who wi lm become infec tf d wi ti ti e West Nile Virus?

Veterinary (Horses, cattle, etc.) September 20, 2005

Birds

August 3, 20005

September 27, 2005

California: Date: Cases July 26 17 August 2 45 August 9 84 August 16 146 August 23 234 August 30 268 Sept 13 548 Sept 20 608 Sept 27 681 Oct 4 742 Oct 18 771

0 Days in 2005 Number of 100 0 Days in 2005 Number of 100 Fresno and Bakersfield, California Fresno and Bakersfield, California Number of Days Fresno Bakersfield June 1 0 July 22 23 August 17 15 September 1 0 Total 38 41

…………. but it . but it’ ’s a dry heat! s a dry heat! …………

August 3, 2005

Katrina hit August 29th

October 27, 2005

H ot, Hot, Ho t H ot, Hot, Ho t D ry, Dry, Dr y D ry, Dry, Dr y

Note in added proof ProMed 2005 Oct 10 th : The outbreak of West Nile fever in the Astrakhan protection agency [Rospotrebnadzor], Natalia Nikeshina, stated that there had been a total of 73 cases of this arboviral infection in the region since the beginning of the year [2005]. 51 of the cases have been reported from the centre of the Astrakhan region. 3 of them have had fatal outcomes. The peak of morbidity was recorded in September 2005, which this year was unusually hot in unusually hot in Astrakhan. Astrakhan.