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Sep 06, 2013

News Scan for Sep 06, 2013

Response to GAO poultry-plan report
Pertussis in Texas
Tularemia in Massachusetts
US, European West Nile
Aug 28, 2013

Study: Texas WNV outbreak hardest on men, seniors, minorities

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Aug 28, 2013

In addition to naming risk groups, the new study found that West Nile in 2012 cost Texas over $47 million.

Aug 23, 2013

News Scan for Aug 23, 2013

Global HCW hand hygiene
West Nile cases rise
H9N2 mutations
Cyclospora total grows
FDA warns about third-party lab
Aug 15, 2013

Most states report West Nile cases, but no spikes

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Aug 15, 2013

West Nile virus activity is well below last summer's big spike, but cases have been reported in 42 states so far.

Jul 19, 2013

News Scan for Jul 19, 2013

Global flu activity
US West Nile update
Salmonella from baby poultry
Varicella postexposure prevention
Dengue in Thailand, Micronesia
Jul 17, 2013

News Scan for Jul 17, 2013

West Nile recap
Flu vaccine effectiveness
Tdap vaccine protection
Jul 12, 2013

News Scan for Jul 12, 2013

H5N1 case in Cambodia
US West Nile cases
Polio in Nigeria, Somalia
Dengue vaccine production
Jun 28, 2013

News Scan for Jun 28, 2013

VRSA in Latin America
Safe West Nile spraying
Kenya polio vaccination
Jun 27, 2013

News Scan for Jun 27, 2013

H7 in plane passenger
West Nile in US
Pomegranate recall
Polio drive donation
Salmonella from blood draw
Jun 07, 2013

Flu Scan for Jun 07, 2013

H5N1 in Egypt
Host-response virus study
All West Nile News

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Anastasiadou A, Kakoulidis I, Butel D, et al. Follow-up study of Greek patients with West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. Int J Infect Dis 2013 Jul;17(7):e494-7

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Int J Infect Dis

Barzon L, Pacenti M, Franchin E, et al. Excretion of West Nile virus in urine during acute infection. J Infect Dis 2013 (published online Jul 2)

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J Infect Dis

Barzon L, Pacenti M, Franchin E, et al. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of West Nile virus lineage 1 and lineage 2 from human cases of infection, Italy, August 2013. Euro Surveill 2013 Sep 19;18(38):pii=20591

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Euro Surveill

Blau DM, Rabe IB, Bhatnagar J, et al. West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Sep;19(9):1518-20

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Emerg Infect Dis

CDC. West Nile virus and other arboviral diseases—United States, 2012. MMWR 2013 Jun 28;62(25):513-7

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MMWR

Chaintoutis SC, Chaskopoulou A, Chassalevris T, et al. West Nile virus lineage 2 strain in Greece, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 May;19(5):827-9

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Emerg Infect Dis

Chung WM, Buseman CM, Joyner SN, et al. The 2012 West Nile encephalitis epidemic in Dallas, Texas. JAMA 2013 Jul 17;310(3):297-307

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JAMA

Crowder DW, Dykstra EA, Brauner JM, et al. West Nile virus prevalence across landscapes is mediated by local effects of agriculture on vector and host communities. PLoS One 2013 Jan 30;8(1):e55006

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PLoS One

ECDC. ECDC mission related to West Nile virus infection in Greece, 2012. Mar 4, 2013

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ECDC

Haley RW. Controlling urban epidemics of West Nile virus infection. (Commentary) JAMA 2012 Oct 3;308(13):1-2

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JAMA

Levine RS, Mead DG, Kitron UD. Limited spillover to humans from West Nile viremic birds in Atlanta, Georgia. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 (published online Oct 9)

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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Li XL, Fu SH, Liu WB, et al. West Nile virus infection in Xinjiang, China. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 Jan 30;13(2):131-3

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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Llorente F, Perez-Ramirez E, Fernandez-Pinero J, et al. Flaviviruses in game birds, southern Spain, 2011-2012. (Letter) Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jun;19(6):1023-5

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Emerg Infect Dis

Mann BR, McMullen AR, Guzman H, et al. Dynamic transmission of West Nile virus across the United States-Mexican border. Virology 2013 Feb 5;436(1):75-80

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Virology

Mann BR, McMullen AR, Swetnam DM, et al. Continued evolution of West Nile virus, Houston, Texas, USA, 2002-2012. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Sep;19(9):1418-27

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Emerg Infect Dis

Murray KO, Ruktanonchai D, Hesalroad D, et al. West Nile virus, Texas, USA, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (published online Aug 27)

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Emerg Infect Dis

Nolan MS, Schuermann J, Murray KO. West Nile virus infection among humans, Texas, USA, 2002-2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jan;19(1):137-9

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Emerg Infect Dis

Paz S, Malkinson D, Green MS, et al. Permissive summer temperatures of the 2010 European West Nile fever upsurge. PLoS One 2013 Feb 19;8(2):e56398

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PLoS One

Petersen LR, Carson PJ, Biggerstaff BJ, et al. Estimated cumulative incidence of West Nile virus infection in US adults, 1999-2010. Epidemiol Infect 2013 Mar;141(3):591-5

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Epidemiol Infect

Pierro A, Gaibani P, Manisera C, et al. Persistence of anti-West Nile virus-specific antibodies among asymptomatic blood donors in northeastern Italy. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 (published online Aug 6)

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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Reisen WK, Padgett K, Fang Y, et al. Chronic infections of West Nile virus detected in California dead birds. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 Jun;13(6):401-5

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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Valiakos G, Touloudi A, Athanasiou LV, et al. Serological and molecular investigation into the role of wild birds in the epidemiology of West Nile virus in Greece. Virol J 2012 Nov 12;9:266

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Virology Journal

Vittecoq M, Lecollinet S, Jourdain E, et al. Recent circulation of West Nile virus and potentially other closely related flaviviruses in southern France. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 Aug 9;13(8):610-3

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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Zaayman D, Venter M. West Nile virus neurologic disease in humans, South Africa, September 2008-May 2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2012 Dec;18(12):2051-4

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Emerg Infect Dis
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