TY - JOUR AU - Reisen, William AU - Takahashi, Richard M. AU - Carroll, Brian D. AU - Quiring, Rob T1 - Delinquent Mortgages, Neglected Swimming Pools, and West Nile Virus, California T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 11 SP - 1747 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Adjustable rate mortgages and the downturn in the California housing market caused a 300% increase in notices of delinquency in Bakersfield, Kern County. This led to large numbers of neglected swimming pools, which were associated with a 276% increase in the number of human West Nile virus cases during the summer of 2007. KW - West Nile virus KW - California KW - anthropogenic factors KW - adjustable rate mortgages KW - swimming pools KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1411.080719 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/11/08-0719_article ER - End of Reference