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Emerg Infect Dis. West Nile Virus Infection among Humans, Texas, USA, 2002?2011
[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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West Nile Virus Infection among Humans, Texas, USA, 2002?2011
Melissa S. Nolan, Jim Schuermann, and Kristy O. Murray
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (M.S. Nolan, K.O. Murray); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (J. Schuermann)
Abstract
We conducted an epidemiologic analysis to document West Nile virus infections among humans in Texas, USA, during 2002?2011. West Nile virus has become endemic to Texas; the number of reported cases increased every 3 years. Risk for infection was greatest in rural northwestern Texas, where Culex tarsalis mosquitoes are the predominant mosquito species.
-West Nile Virus Infection among Humans, Texas, USA, 2002?2011
Melissa S. Nolan, Jim Schuermann, and Kristy O. Murray
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (M.S. Nolan, K.O. Murray); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (J. Schuermann)
Abstract
We conducted an epidemiologic analysis to document West Nile virus infections among humans in Texas, USA, during 2002?2011. West Nile virus has become endemic to Texas; the number of reported cases increased every 3 years. Risk for infection was greatest in rural northwestern Texas, where Culex tarsalis mosquitoes are the predominant mosquito species.
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