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JAMA. 2001;286:910-911.

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MMWR. 2001;50:617-619

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In 2000, ArboNET, an enhanced human and animal surveillance system designed to monitor the geographic spread of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States and to identify areas at increased risk for human infections with WNV, detected WNV activity in the District of Columbia and 12 states.¹ This system, first implemented in the District of Columbia and 20 states along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, was later expanded throughout the continental United States. This report summarizes ArboNET data from January 1 through July 25, 2001, which documents epizootic WNV activity in the southeast and indicates the need for widespread implementation of WNV prevention activities.

The first human infection in 2001 was identified in a 73-year-old man from Madison County, Florida, with illness onset on approximately July 15. He remains hospitalized with encephalitis. Equine surveillance identified three horses with neurologic disease attributed to WNV infection . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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