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
Table 2
Number of dead crow sightings per 100,000 population per week, selected counties and towns, Connecticut, May-October, 2000
No. Sightings per | ||||
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County | Populationa | No. Sightings | 100,000 population | Week |
Fairfield | 823,698b | 189 | 22.9 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
Fairfield | 823,698 | 187 | 22.7 | 9/17 - 9/23 |
Fairfield | 823,698 | 183 | 22.2 | 9/10 - 9/16 |
Fairfield | 823,698 | 164 | 19.9 | 9/24 - 9/30 |
Fairfield | 823,698 | 155 | 18.8 | 8/20 - 8/26 |
New Haven | 793,504 | 84 | 10.5 | 9/3 - 9/9 |
Town (County) | ||||
Darien (FF) | 18,085 | 29 | 160.4 | 8/13 - 8/19 |
Darien | 18,085 | 19 | 105.1 | 8/6 - 8/12 |
Darien | 18,085 | 17 | 94.0 | 9/24 - 9/30 |
Darien | 18,085 | 16 | 88.5 | 9/10 - 9/16 |
Milford (NH) | 50,027 | 39 | 78.0 | 9/3 - 9/9 |
Fairfield (FF) | 53,740 | 38 | 70.7 | 9/17 - 9/23 |
Stamford (FF) | 110,689 | 45 | 40.7 | 8/20 - 8/26 |
Serosurvey area (FF) | 99,000 | 41 | 41.4 | 8/13-19 |
aPopulation of Fairfield County = 838,362. However, one town did not submit logs and its population (14,664) is not included in the calculations. FF = Fairfield County; NH = New Haven.
bSource: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development population estimates as of 7/1/98.