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USGS is now providing almost real time thematic "hatch maps" of West Nile Virus and several kinds of encephalitis. Maybe this kind of mapping will be available for human influenza in the future.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2006 (11): USGS/CDC DISEASE MAPPING
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Date: 26 Aug 2006
From: Stephen C Guptill <SGUPTILL@USGS.GOV>
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce an expansion of their disease mapping services. The new web site, <http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov>, in addition to showing West Nile virus (WNV) activity, maps cases of 5 other
arboviruses: St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), western equine encephalitis (WEE), La Crosse encephalitis (LAC), and Powassan virus (POW).
Data on these diseases are provided by state health departments to CDC using CDC's ArboNet surveillance system. Every Tuesday at 3 a.m. a summary report is generated from the ArboNet database and transmitted to USGS.
These data are used to create the more than 700 maps contained on the web site.
Anyone who uses the <http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov> address will be redirected to the new homepage at <http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov>.
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Stephen C. Guptill, Ph.D.
Senior Research Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
810 National Center
Reston, VA 20192 USA
<SGUPTILL@USGS.GOV>
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USGS is now providing almost real time thematic "hatch maps" of West Nile Virus and several kinds of encephalitis. Maybe this kind of mapping will be available for human influenza in the future.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 2006 (11): USGS/CDC DISEASE MAPPING
**********************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org>
Date: 26 Aug 2006
From: Stephen C Guptill <SGUPTILL@USGS.GOV>
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce an expansion of their disease mapping services. The new web site, <http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov>, in addition to showing West Nile virus (WNV) activity, maps cases of 5 other
arboviruses: St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), western equine encephalitis (WEE), La Crosse encephalitis (LAC), and Powassan virus (POW).
Data on these diseases are provided by state health departments to CDC using CDC's ArboNet surveillance system. Every Tuesday at 3 a.m. a summary report is generated from the ArboNet database and transmitted to USGS.
These data are used to create the more than 700 maps contained on the web site.
Anyone who uses the <http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov> address will be redirected to the new homepage at <http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov>.
--
Stephen C. Guptill, Ph.D.
Senior Research Physical Scientist
U. S. Geological Survey
810 National Center
Reston, VA 20192 USA
<SGUPTILL@USGS.GOV>
................pg/dk
