Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism
10/13/2005
The first reported case of the West Nile virus in the United States was in June of 1999. It was reported that there was an abnormal increase of dead birds, mostly crows, in the New York City area. Some of the sick and dead birds were being sent to laboratories for analysis with the sick birds being released upon the health of the bird. The wildlife pathologists who studied the sick/dead animals could not identify a clear cause. By mid to late August several caged animals died on zoo property further intensifying the need for additional help to analyze the mysterious events of the past couple of months causing animals to die. Meanwhile in August a community hospital in Queens, N. Y. noticed an abnormal amount of encephalitis or meningitis cases in adults. The hospital requested assistance from stage government agencies to find the cause of the outbreak.
As a result of both incidences there were various veterinarian......
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