Surveillance for West Nile virus disease — United States, 2009–2018

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 1959 - 1974
• Main Authors: McDonald, Emily, Mathis, Sarabeth, Martin, Stacey W., Erin Staples, J., Fischer, Marc, Lindsey, Nicole P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arizona; Aseptic meningitis; Differential diagnosis; Disease Outbreaks; Disease prevention; Encephalitis; Environmental factors; Epidemics; Fatalities; Geographical distribution; Humans; Illnesses; Invasiveness; Meningitis; Morbidity; Neurological diseases; Outbreaks; Paralysis; Patients; Population Surveillance; Prediction models; Public health; Puerto Rico; Texas; United States - epidemiology; Vectors; Viruses; West Nile Fever - diagnosis; West Nile Fever - epidemiology; West Nile virus; Puerto Rico; United States; Texas; Arizona; United States > US

Problem/condition: West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod‐borne virus (arbovirus) in the family Flaviviridae and is the leading cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease in the contiguous United States. An estimated 70%–80% of WNV infections are asymptomatic. Symptomatic persons usually develo...