Volume 11, Number 11, November 2005

West Nile Virus Epidemic, Northeast Ohio, 2002

Anna M. Mandalakas,*† Christopher Kippes,† Joseph Sedransk,* Jeffery R. Kile,* Asha Garg,* John McLeod,† Richard L. Berry,‡ and Anthony A. Marfin§
*Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; †Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; ‡Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA; and §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Figure. Comparison of age-stratified seroprevalence rates (gray bars) to the age-stratified incidence of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) (black line). Seroprevalence rates were measured in the 2002 seroprevalence study. The incidence of WNND was based on cases reported through the local disease reporting system during the 2002 transmission season.

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