TY - JOUR AU - Marfin, Anthony AU - Petersen, Lyle AU - Eidson, Millicent AU - Miller, James AU - Hadler, James AU - Farello, Cheryl AU - Werner, Barbara AU - Campbell, Grant AU - Layton, Marcelle AU - Smith, Perry AU - Bresnitz, Edward AU - Cartter, Matthew AU - Scaletta, Joseph AU - Obiri, Godwin AU - Bunning, Michel AU - Craven, Robert AU - Roehrig, John AU - Julian, Kathleen AU - Hinten, Steven AU - Gubler, Duane T1 - Widespread West Nile Virus Activity, Eastern United States, 2000 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 730 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 1999, the U.S. West Nile (WN) virus epidemic was preceded by widespread reports of avian deaths. In 2000, ArboNET, a cooperative WN virus surveillance system, was implemented to monitor the sentinel epizootic that precedes human infection. This report summarizes 2000 surveillance data, documents widespread virus activity in 2000, and demonstrates the utility of monitoring virus activity in animals to identify human risk for infection. KW - epidemiology KW - surveillance KW - flavivirus KW - mosquito KW - arbovirus KW - West Nile virus KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0704.017423 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7423_article ER - End of Reference