TY - JOUR AU - Hadler, James AU - Nelson, Randall AU - McCarthy, Tara AU - Andreadis, Theodore AU - Lis, Mary Jane AU - French, Richard AU - Beckwith, William AU - Mayo, Donald AU - Archambault, Gary AU - Cartter, Matthew T1 - West Nile Virus Surveillance in Connecticut in 2000: An Intense Epizootic without High Risk for Severe Human Disease T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 636 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 1999, Connecticut was one of three states in which West Nile (WN) virus actively circulated prior to its recognition. In 2000, prospective surveillance was established, including monitoring bird deaths, testing dead crows, trapping and testing mosquitoes, testing horses and hospitalized humans with neurologic illness, and conducting a human seroprevalence survey. WN virus was first detected in a dead crow found on July 5 in Fairfield County. Ultimately, 1,095 dead crows, 14 mosquito pools, 7 horses, and one mildly symptomatic person were documented with WN virus infection. None of 86 hospitalized persons with neurologic illness (meningitis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barré-like syndrome) and no person in the seroprevalence survey were infected. Spraying in response to positive surveillance findings was minimal. An intense epizootic of WN virus can occur without having an outbreak of severe human disease in the absence of emergency adult mosquito management. KW - West Nile virus KW - birds KW - mosquito control KW - horses KW - seroprevalence KW - Connecticut KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0704.017406 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7406_article ER - End of Reference