Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch
Increase in West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease after Hurricane Katrina
Kevin A. Caillouët*
, Sarah R. Michaels*, Xu Xiong*, Ivo Foppa*, and Dawn M. Wesson*
, Sarah R. Michaels*, Xu Xiong*, Ivo Foppa*, and Dawn M. Wesson*
Figure 2
![Cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in Louisiana (A) and Mississippi (B), 2005–2006. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] week 35). An increase in WNND cases is noted in the hurricane-affected parishes and counties (black columns) during the 3 weeks after the storm (CDC weeks 35–37). Cases of WNND increased throughout the 2006 season in hurricane-affected parishes. Cases of WNND from unaffected parishes and counties are shown in white columns.](/eid/images/07-1066-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in Louisiana (A) and Mississippi (B), 2005–2006. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] week 35). An increase in WNND cases is noted in the hurricane-affected parishes and counties (black columns) during the 3 weeks after the storm (CDC weeks 35–37). Cases of WNND increased throughout the 2006 season in hurricane-affected parishes. Cases of WNND from unaffected parishes and counties are shown in white columns.
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