Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2004)

Year-round West Nile Virus Activity, Gulf Coast Region, Texas and Louisiana

  • Robert B. Tesh,
  • Ray Parsons,
  • Marina Siirin,
  • Yvonne Randle,
  • Chris Sargent,
  • Hilda Guzman,
  • Taweesak Wuithiranyagool,
  • Stephen Higgs,
  • Dana L. Vanlandingham,
  • Adil A. Bala,
  • Keith Haas,
  • Brian Zerinque

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1009.040203
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 9
pp. 1649 – 1652

Abstract

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West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in 11 dead birds and two mosquito pools collected in east Texas and southern Louisiana during surveillance studies in the winter of 2003 to 2004. These findings suggest that WNV is active throughout the year in this region of the United States.

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