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West Nile Virus: Arizona 2006

 

WNV- All Positive Samples, Arizona, 2006

COUNTY HUMAN BLOOD DONOR MOSQUITO EQUINE AVIAN SENTINEL CHICKENS OTHER ANIMALS TOTAL
TOTAL 150 (10) 14 226 13 2 59   464
Apache 1   1         2
Cochise 2     3   16   21
Coconino 1             1
Gila 1             1
Greenlee           12   12
Graham       1   7   8
LaPaz     4         4
Maricopa 76 (6) 11 143 4   12   246
Mohave 2   18         20
Navajo                
Pima 47 (3) 3 24 1 2     77
Pinal 19 (1)   26 2       47
Santa Cruz 1     2   7   10
Yavapai                
Yuma     10     5   15
TOTAL 150 (10) 14 226 13 2 59   464
* Figures in parenthesis represent number of human deaths reported

Additional surveillance information:

2 St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) Human infections: (1) Maricopa County (a fatality) and (1) Pima County

25 SLE positive sentinel chickens: (1) Yuma County, (3) Maricopa County, (4) Greenlee County, (12) Cochise County, (1) Graham County, and (4) Santa Cruz County

(1) Flavivirus-positive feline in Maricopa County

West Nile Virus- Total Number of Animals Tested in Arizona per Species

Types of Samples

 Tested

 Positive Collected
Mosquito traps tested 5063 226 7829
Avian samples tested 117 2 117
Equine samples tested 101 13 101
Other animal samples tested 14 0 14

2,766 traps yielded no catches. Approximately 142,000 individual mosquitoes were tested out of 874,000 individual mosquitoes collected.

 

 

Historical Data

 

 

Other Useful Sites:

USGS-United States Geological Survey: WNV Maps

CDC- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: CDC "Fight The Bite" website

CDC Links to State and Local Government: CDC West Nile Virus Web Site Links

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