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- Title
Department of Defense West Nile Virus Surveillance in 2002.
- Authors
Witt, Clara Josting; Brundage, Mary; Cannon, Charles; Cox, Kenneth; Clements, Tamara E.; Cooper, Edwin D.; Elbert, Yevgeniy; Ludwig, George V.; Mangiafico, Joseph A.; Malakooti, Mark; Miller, Mellissa K.; Osborn, Steve D.; Pagac, Ben; Ross, Lenoir P.; Shelton Jr., Larry J.; Spring, Alexandra; Kelley, Patrick
- Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) has engaged in West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance and response since 1999. In 2002, the three Services continued their cooperative, multidisciplinary approach to the WNV outbreak. Activities included a doubling of mosquito surveillance and vector control responses, extension of and doubling of bird and nonhuman mammal surveillance to all four continental United States regions, expanded diagnostic testing by DoD laboratories, and installation environmental clean up and personnel protection campaigns. Medical treatment facilities conducted passive surveillance and reported possible cases in DoD health care beneficiaries. Efforts were coordinated through active communication within installations, with commands, and with surrounding communities. Undertaken activities complemented each other to maximize surveillance coverage. The surveillance detected WNV on 44 DoD installations. It led directly to vector control and prevention activities, and there were no confirmed cases of WNV reported in the DoD force. This multi-Service effort is a surveillance template for future outbreaks that threaten DoD force health.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; WEST Nile virus; FLAVIVIRUSES; MEDICAL screening
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2004, Vol 169, Issue 6, p421
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED.169.6.421