Table 1. Surveillance data for southern West Nile virus foci and the rest of California, January 1–November 1, 2003a.
Surveillance data | Research areas | ||||
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Imperial | Coachella | LA | Remaining agencies | Total | |
Human cases | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Horse cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mosquito pools | 238 | 1,414 | 1,663 | 6,416 | 9,731 |
Culex tarsalis | 150 | 948 | 121 | 3,176 | 4,395 |
WNV pos | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
SLEV pos | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
WEEV pos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cx. pipiens complex | 0 | 299 | 1,036 | 1,170 | 2,505 |
WNV pos | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Othersb | 88 | 167 | 506 | 2,070 | 2,831 |
Sentinel chickens | 6 | 10 | 5 | 191 | 212 |
WNV pos | 51 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
SLEV pos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
WEEV pos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dead birds reported | 23 | 15 | 1,218 | 6,294 | 7,550 |
Tested | 6 | 5 | 256 | 1,118 | 1,385 |
WNV pos | 0 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 59 |
Wild bird sera | 0 | 3,178 | 1,452 | 4,502 | 9,132 |
WNV pos | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
WEEV pos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
aLA, Los Angeles; WNV, West Nile virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; WEEV, western equine encephalitis virus; pos, positive. bOther mosquitoes tested: Anopheles franciscanus, An. hermsi, Ae. vexans, Culiseta inornata, Cs. incidens, Cx. erythrothorax, Cx. erraticus, Cx. stigmatosoma, Oc. sierrensis, Oc. dorsalis, Oc. melanimon, Oc. taeniorhynchus, Psorophora columbiae.