West Nile Virus Information

Current Status: Department of Defense

Current Status: DoD WNV Blood Testing

Current Status: Great Plains Regional Medical Command WNV Tracking System
       (case count summary available at bottom under "Reports")

Current Status: Civilian Information

From and For the Department of Defense

• Current Guidance: US DoD
  • General Framework for WNV Surveillance and Reporting, 2003
  • Points of Contact for the DoD West Nile Surveillance Program

• Current Guidance: US Army
  • Army Surgeon General: CONUS Regional Medical Centers WNV Surveillance and Prevention Plans (pdf file)
  • North Atlantic Regional Medical Command: Guidelines for WNV Encephalitis Surveillance, Prevention and Control(word file)
  • Great Plains Regional Command: Guidelines for WNV Surveillance, Prevention, and Control (pdf file)
  • North Atlantic Regional Veterinary Command: WNV Surveillance Protocol
  • USACHPPM WNV Response Plan: Public Health Action Levels and Supporting Documents

• Current Guidance: US Navy and Marine Corps
  • Navy and Marine Corps Guidance for WNV, 2003
  • Navy Revised Guidelines for WNV Screening, Deferral, Testing, and Lookback (pdf file)

Further Information

• US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine's West Nile page
• General Framework for WNV Surveillance and Reporting, 2003
• DoD West Nile Virus Surveillance (PowerPoint presentation)
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Activity in the US

Documents from 2002

• DoD West Nile Virus Surveillance Mosquito Report (MS Word format)
• WNV Test Results, 2002
  • Active Surveillance (mosquitoes and horses)
  • Suspected Cases (humans, horses, and birds)
• Report for 2002 (pdf file)
• DOD (Health Affairs): West Nile Virus Surveillance for Military Commands and Installations, 2002 (pdf file)
• NARMC: CY 2002 Guidelines for West Nile Virus Encephalitis Surveillance, Prevention and Control
• Distribution Map of the Spread of WNV in North America (from the US Army Environmental Programs Directorate, Oct 2002)
• Map of DoD Horse Surveillance Sites
• Protocol: WNV Surveillance of Government-owned Horses
• Interpretation of Laboratory Test Results from Patients with Suspected WNV Infection

From the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• CDC West Nile Home Page
• Map of Verified Human, Avian, Animal, or Mosquito Infections, 2003
• Map of the Spread of West Nile Virus in North America, 1999-2003 (pdf file)
• Occupational Issues and WNV (from NIOSH)
• Clinical Guidance
• Epidemic/Epizootic West Nile Virus in the United States: Revised Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control, 2003 (pdf file)
  • Appendix C: National Surveillance Case Definition for Arboviral Encephalitis/Meningitis
• Case Definition of Encephalitis or Meningitis, Arboviral (2001)
• Detection of WNV in Blood Donations
• Slide Presentations from 4th National Conference on WNV in the US
• Listing of State and Local Government WNV Sites
• CDC Guidelines for Arboviral Surveillance (PDF format)

Other

• US Geological Survey WNV Home Page
  • Summary of USGS Surveillance Data as of 2 July 2003
• Health Canada's WNV Surveillance Information web page
• International Cases of WNV Provide Blueprint for Understanding US Outbreak (on the New York Academy of Sciences web site)
• Issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases focusing on West Nile virus, Jul-Aug 2001
• Notes from New York Academy of Science West Nile meeting, Apr 5-7, 2001
• The West Nile Virus Outbreak of 1999 in New York: The Flushing Hospital Experience in the March 2000 Clinical Infectious Diseases