West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases — United States, 2017
| Autor: | Emily J Curren, Ingrid B. Rabe, Jennifer A. Lehman, Jonathan Kolsin, J. Erin Staples, Marc Fischer, Stacey W. Martin, Carolyn V. Gould, Nicole P. Lindsey, Susan L. Hills, William L Walker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male 0301 basic medicine Health (social science) Adolescent Epidemiology Arbovirus Infections viruses Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030231 tropical medicine 030106 microbiology Population medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Dengue fever Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management Humans Medicine Full Report Chikungunya Child education Disease Notification Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence virus diseases Outbreak General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Powassan encephalitis Virology United States Child Preschool Population Surveillance Female business West Nile Fever Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
| DOI: | 10.15585/mmwr.mm6741a1 |
| Popis: | Arthropodborne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted to humans primarily through the bites of infected mosquitoes or ticks. West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease in the continental United States (1). Other arboviruses, including Jamestown Canyon, La Crosse, Powassan, St. Louis encephalitis, and eastern equine encephalitis viruses, cause sporadic cases of disease and occasional outbreaks. This report summarizes surveillance data reported to CDC from U.S. states in 2017 for nationally notifiable arboviruses. It excludes dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses because, in the continental United States, these viruses are acquired primarily through travel. In 2017, 48 states and the District of Columbia (DC) reported 2,291 cases of domestic arboviral disease, including 2,097 (92%) WNV disease cases. Among the WNV disease cases, 1,425 (68%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease (e.g., meningitis, encephalitis, or acute flaccid paralysis), for a national rate of 0.44 cases per 100,000 population. More Jamestown Canyon and Powassan virus disease cases were reported in 2017 than in any previous year. Because arboviral diseases continue to cause serious illness, maintaining surveillance is important to direct and promote prevention activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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