West Nile Virus Update
New York State Department of Health
8/23/00
Cumulative Year 2000 West Nile Virus Positive Results
(Includes positive results through 8/23/00)
|
Counties / NYC Boroughs |
Humans |
Mosquito Pools |
Dead Birds |
|
Albany |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Broome |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Cayuga |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Chautauqua |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Chemung |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Clinton |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Columbia |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Cortland |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Delaware |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Dutchess |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Erie |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Franklin |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Greene |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hamilton |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Livingston |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Nassau |
0 |
0 |
18 |
|
Niagara |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Oneida |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Onondaga |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
Orange |
0 |
2 |
13 |
|
Putnam |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Rensselaer |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Rockland |
0 |
14 |
82 |
|
Saratoga |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Schenectady |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Schuyler |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Suffolk |
0 |
54 |
42 |
|
Sullivan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tompkins |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Ulster |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Warren |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Washington |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Westchester |
0 |
7 |
22* |
|
Yates |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
New York City (Total) |
0 |
62 |
59 |
|
Bronx |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Brooklyn |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Manhattan |
0 |
9 |
7 |
|
Queens |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
Staten Island |
3 |
50 |
38 |
|
New York State Totals |
3 |
139 |
310 |
*Includes red-tailed hawk from 2/00
Mosquito Surveillance
|
Mosquito Testing at Wadsworth |
Week of |
Total this Year |
|
8/12-8/18 |
|
|
|
Number of pools submitted for testing |
678 |
4,848 |
|
Number of mosquitoes submitted for testing |
25,435 |
180,282 |
|
WNV Positive Mosquito Pools, by Species |
Total this Year
|
|
Culex pipiens |
25 |
|
Culex pipiens/restuans |
85 |
|
Culex restuans |
0 |
|
Culex salinarius |
17 |
|
Culex species |
7 |
|
Aedes japonicus |
3 |
|
Aedes triseriatus |
2 |
Human Surveillance
|
Human Case Surveillance** |
Week of |
Total this Year |
|
8/12-8/18 |
||
|
Number of suspect cases - NYS* |
38 |
250 |
|
Number of suspect cases - NYC |
21 |
253 |
*New York State, excluding New York City
** testing performed at NYSDOH and NYCDOH
Bird Surveillance
In addition to the dead bird results, one sentinel chicken in Westchester County and 6 live wild birds in NYC (Brooklyn 5, Bronx 1) have tested positive for WNV.
|
Dead Bird Surveillance |
Week of |
Total this Year |
|
8/12-8/18 |
||
|
Number of ill or dead crows reported |
432 |
9,114 |
Number of crows sent for testing |
228 |
1,995 |
|
Number of ill or dead birds of other species |
1,826 |
28,889 |
|
Number of other species sent for testing |
311 |
2,844 |
|
WNV Positive Dead Birds, by Species |
Total this Year
|
|
American crow |
189 |
|
American kestrel |
3 |
|
American robin |
6 |
|
Bluejay |
56 |
|
Canada goose |
2 |
|
Captive bird |
3 |
|
Cedar wax wing |
1 |
|
Common grackle |
1 |
|
Cooper’s Hawk |
2 |
|
Eastern bluebird |
1 |
|
Fish crow |
8 |
|
Great blue heron` |
1 |
|
House finch |
1 |
|
House sparrow |
6 |
|
Merlin |
1 |
|
Mourning dove |
1 |
|
Mute swan |
1 |
|
Northern mockingbird |
1 |
|
Ovenbird |
1 |
|
Red-tailed hawk |
3 |
|
Ring-billed gull |
2 |
|
Rock dove |
2 |
|
Ruffled grouse |
1 |
|
Song sparrow |
2 |
|
Wood thrush |
1 |
|
Yellow-rumped warbler |
1 |
|
Total |
310 |