TY - JOUR AU - Guptill, Stephen C. AU - Julian, Kathleen G. AU - Campbell, Grant L. AU - Price, Susan D. AU - Marfin, Anthony A. T1 - Early-Season Avian Deaths from West Nile Virus as Warnings of Human Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 483 SN - 1080-6059 AB - An analysis of 2001 and 2002 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data shows that counties that report WNV-infected dead birds early in the transmission season are more likely to report subsequent WNV disease cases in humans than are counties that do not report early WNV-infected dead birds. KW - West Nile virus KW - surveillance data KW - early reports KW - avian deaths KW - relative risk KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0904.020421 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/4/02-0421_article ER - End of Reference