Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus Surveillance in Connecticut in 2000: An Intense Epizootic without High Risk for Severe Human Disease
James Hadler*
, Randall Nelson*, Tara McCarthy*†, Theodore Andreadis‡, Mary Jane Lis§, Richard French¶, William Beckwith*, Donald Mayo*, Gary Archambault*, and Matthew Cartter*
, Randall Nelson*, Tara McCarthy*†, Theodore Andreadis‡, Mary Jane Lis§, Richard French¶, William Beckwith*, Donald Mayo*, Gary Archambault*, and Matthew Cartter*
Table 1
Dead crow sightings per square mile per week, selected towns and counties, Connecticut, May-October, 2000
| No. Sightings/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Area (sq. mi.)a | No. of Sightings | sq. mi. | Week |
| Fairfieldb | 606 | 189 | 0.3 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
| Fairfield | 606 | 187 | 0.3 | 9/17 - 9/23 |
| Fairfield | 606 | 183 | 0.3 | 9/10 - 9/16 |
| Fairfield | 606 | 164 | 0.3 | 9/24 - 9/30 |
| Fairfield | 606 | 155 | 0.3 | 8/20 - 8/26 |
| New Haven | 606 | 84 | 0.1 | 9/3 - 9/9 |
| Town (County) | ||||
| Darien (FF) | 12.9 | 29 | 2.2 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
| Milford (NH) | 22.6 | 39 | 1.7 | 9/3 - 9/9 |
| Milford | 22.6 | 38 | 1.7 | 9/10 - 9/16 |
| Milford | 22.6 | 35 | 1.5 | 8/20 - 8/26 |
| Fairfield (FF) | 30.0 | 32 | 1.3 | 9/17 - 9/23 |
| Stamford (FF) | 37.7 | 45 | 1.2 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
| Stamford | 37.7 | 45 | 1.2 | 8/20 - 8/26 |
| Stamford | 37.7 | 44 | 1.2 | 9/3 - 9/9 |
| Serosurvey area (FF) | 17.9 | 41 | 2.3 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
aSource: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. FF = Fairfield County; NH = New Haven.
bArea of Fairfield County = 625.9 square miles. However, one town did not submit logs and its area (19.8 square miles) is not included in the calculations.
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