Pest Alert: West Nile Virus

Fact sheet on the West Nile Virus (updated for 2003) prepared by Sue Ratcliffe, the North Central Region IPM Facilitator. To request printed copies for for more information about this fact sheet, please email or call Sue if you have information to be added: sratclif@uiuc.edu (217) 333-9656 (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

At the bottom of this page is a list of WN virus websites by state that we are adding to regularly.

EPA Region 5 (Great Lakes) West Nile Factsheets

National Pesticide Information Center

County Extension Offices Resource Guide: http://npic.orst.edu/countyext.htm

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) has a good introduction to WN virus http://westnilevirus.nbii.gov/

Center for Disease Control WN virus pages

Questions and Answers: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/q&a.htm
Technical Introduction http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control (Adobe Acrobat PDF file).

National Ag. Library (NAL), Animal Welfare Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/wnvirus/wnfacts.htm

West Nile Center http://www.westnilecenter.org

Google Directory of West Nile Virus sites

West Nile Virus Activity: United States, January 1-July 18, 2006

National WNV activity information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

National WNV activity information from U.S. Geological Survey

Lists of WN virus pages around the country, by State

State list from the US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/research/west_nile/wnv_map.html

State list from the NBII: http://westnilevirus.nbii.gov/

Contact points from the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/city_states.htm

West Nile Virus Educational Materials from Fairfax County, Virginia

Maps of the US distrubution, infected mosquitoes, birds & Humans

US Geological Survey, Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information

State: County	Known Contacts	Other URLs
Alabama	Where to Call/County
Arizona	Dawn H. Gouge Urban Entomologist University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center 37860 W. Smith-Enke Road Maricopa, AZ 85239 Phone: 520-568-2273 Ext. 223 Fax: 520-568-2556 dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu Henry Hagedorn, U of A (520) 621-1151 hagedorn@ag.arizona.edu Craig Levy, Vector Born Disease Office (602) 230-5918
Arkansas
California- site down 6/5/2003
Colorado	Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 (303) 692-2700 1-800-866-2759	http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/Zoonosis/wnv/wnvhom.html West Nile FAQ Colorado State: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/westnile/reslist.html Dept. of Ag: http://www.ag.state.co.us/animals/Animal_Diseases/Andislinks.html Fight the Bite Colorado: http://www.fightthebitecolorado.com/
Connecticut	State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program.	Conn. Dept of Ag Fact Sheet: http://www.state.ct.us/doag/wnvfact2.htm
Delaware	Susan P. Whitney Dept of Entomology & Applied Ecology Room 250 Townsend Hall 531 S. College Ave Newark DE 19717-1303 302-831-8886 Fax: 302-831-8889 swhitney@UDel.Edu	Delaware Fact Sheet: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/fw/westnile.pdf
District of Columbia	Department of Health’s West Nile Virus Call Center (202) 535-2323
Florida	Joe Conlon AMCA Technical Advisor, amcata@mosquito.org 904-215-3008 between 12PM-5PM Eastern Time, M-F.	http://extlab7.entnem.ufl.edu/PestAlert/
Georgia	(404) 657-2588 gaepinfo@dhr.state.ga.us
Idaho	Dr. Marc J. Klowden Division of Entomology University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-2339 Phone: (208) 885-7546 Fax: (208) 885-7760 mklowden@uidaho.edu	http://www2.state.id.us/dhw/cdp/westnile/west_nile_index.htm
Illinois Public Health	Robert J. Novak Illinois Natural History Survey 182 Natural Resources Building 607 E Peabody Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 333-6847 r-novak1@staff.uiuc.edu Linn David Haramis, Ph.D., Entomologist / Vector Control Program Manager Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Environmental Health 525 W. Jefferson St. Springfield, IL 62761 217-782-5830 Fax: 217-785-0253 LHARAMIS@IDPH.STATE.IL.US	IDPH West Nile Virus Web page: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnv.htm Contact information for report of dead birds: Occasionally, some other types of birds may be mistaken as crows, please see http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/wnvsurveillance.htm The Dept. authorized testing of crows and blue jays (at the IL. Dept. of Agriculture lab in Galesburg) beginning May 1. Only dead crows and blue jays in good condition (not decomposed) will be tested because those two species are most likely to have died from West Nile virus. Testing of other species of dead birds has not been found to be productive for West Nile virus surveillance because they are much more likely to have died from other causes. Because the Illinois Department of Public Health generally works through local health departments whenever possible, the Department has requested that local health departments submit a limited number dead crows and jays for testing. Consequently, you should contact the County Health Department (or the Chicago Dept. of Health in Chicago) if you observe a dead crow or jay and ask if that agency is accepting those birds for testing. The contact person for the Cook County Department of Public Health in the West Nile Virus bird collection and related activities for environmental health is Latrice Porter-Smith. Latrice can be reached at (708) 492-2035. Chicago contact - Dead birds are being handled by Rodent Control. Our contact at Rodent control is Jose Cruz att 312-745-0900. A list of local health departments may be found at: http://www.idph.state.il.us/local/map.htm Questions about wildlife may be directed to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources (217/782-6384) or Mr. Joe Kath jkath@dnrmail.state.il.us "Fight the Bite" from the University of Illinois
Indiana	Ralph E. Williams, Ph.D. Department of Entomology 1158 Smith Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1158 Tel: (765)494-4560 FAX: (765)494-2152 ralph_williams@entm.purdue.edu Dr. Michael Sinsko Indiana State Dept. of Health (317)233-7397 Msinsko@isdh.state.in.us	http://www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/ext/index.htm
Iowa	Wayne RowleyIowa State University 440 SCIENCE II AMES, IA 50011-3222 515-294-1573 515-294-5957 rowley@iastate.edu
Kansas	Kansas West Nile Virus Surveillance Program	http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/westnilevirus/
Kentucky	Fred W Knapp Agr Associate Dean Research S103a Agriculture Science Center North 0091 859-257-8989 859-323-3842 fknapp@uky.edu
Louisiana	Office of Public Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology 1-800-256-2748
Maine	Call 1-888-697-5846 to report a dead bird
Maryland	Dr. Tracy DuVernoy Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene TDuverno@dhmh.state.md.us Cy Lesser Chief, Mosquito Control Section Maryland Dept. of Agriculture 50 Harry S Truman Parkway Annapolis, MD 21801 Tel. 410-841-5870 Fax. 410-841-5914 Lessercr@mda.state.md.us
Massachusetts	To speak with someone concerning WNV during business hours, or to leave a telephone message concerning a dead bird report, please call the WNV Information Line at: (866) MASS-WNV / (866) 627-7968.	http://www.state.ma.us/dph/wnv/wnv1.htm
Michigan	Michigan WNV contact website Dr. Ned Walker Assoc Prof (public health/veterinarian entomology) MSU Dept of Entomology 243 Nat.Sciences Bldg East Lansing MI 48824 walker@msu.edu	IPM Program Crop Advisory Team Alert: http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/CAT01_land/L09-28-01.htm#12
Minnesota	Roger D Moon 612-624-2209 651-488-5127 rdmoon@umn.edu David Neitzel, M.S. Epidemiologist Acute Disease Epidemiology Section Minnesota Department of Health (612) 676-5414 David.Neitzel@state.mn.usKirk A. Johnson - Vector Ecologist Metropolitan Mosquito Control District 2099 University Avenue West St. Paul, MN 55104 (651) 643-8370 kirkjohnson@visi.com	http://www.mmcd.org
Mississippi	Toll-free West Nile Virus hotline: 1-877-WST-NILE (1-877-978-6453)	http://www.health.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,0,93,html
Missouri	Houseman, Richard M. Assistant Professor University of Missori 573- 882-7181 HousemanR@missouri.edu Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services 866-628-9891 (Toll Free)	http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/WestNileVirus/ from the St Charles County Health Department: http://www.scchealth.org/docs/wnv/
Montana	Greg Johnson Montana State University Dept. Entomology Bozeman, MT 59717 406-994-3861 gdj@montana.edu Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Epidemiology and Surveillance Information 406-444-0273 Department of Livestock: Animal Health Division, 406-444-2043	Department of Public Health and Human Services http://www.dphhs.state.mt.us/news/west_nile_virus/west_nile_virus.htm
Nebraska	1-877-220-1237 toll-free Wayne L. Kramer State Medical Entomologist Nebraska Health and Human Services System 301 Centennial Mall SouthLincoln NE 68509-5007 402-471-0506 wayne.kramer@hhss.state.ne.us	fact sheet http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/wnv.htm Surveillance program: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/wnv/
Nevada	Wayne S Johnson IPM Specialist University of Nevada, Reno Applied Economics and Statistics/204 Reno, NV 89557 wjohnson@cabnr.unr.edu Scott Monsen Coordinator, Vector Control Washoe County District Health Department P.O. Box 11130 Reno, NV 89520 smonsen@mail.co.washoe.nv.us Alan Tinney Bureau of Health Protections Services 1179 Fairview Dr., Suite 201 Carson City, NV 89701 Richard Hicks Clark County Vector Control 5809 E Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89122	Nevada Dept. of Arigculture page http://agri.state.nv.us/westnile.htm
New Hampshire	NH DHHS Office of Community & Public Health Communicable Disease & Surveillance 6 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 West Nile Virus Info Line 866-273-6453 Contact Info page	http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/BCDCS/West+Nile+Virus/default.htm
New Jersey	Wayne J. Crans Research Professor Rutgers University Department of Entomology 178 Jones Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9341 732) 932-9437 CRANS@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU
New Mexico	Office of Epidemiology 1-800-879-3421 Carol Sutherland, New Mexico state entomologist Dr. Rudy Bueno (505) 873-6613 ext 223 Albuquerque’s Environmental Health Departments/Bio-Disease Management Section	City of Albequerque: http://www.cabq.gov/envservices/eswestnile_control.html
New York	Lois Levitan, PhD Program Leader Environmental Risk Analysis Program Center for the Environment 213 Rice Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-5601 Phone: (607) 255-4765 Fax: (607) 255-0238 LCL3@cornell.edu Laura C. Harrington Cornell University Medical Entomologist lch27@cornell.edu Dr. Jody L. Gangloff-Kaufmann IPM Area Specialist New York State IPM 1425 Old Country Rd Bldg J, Nassau CCE Plainview, NY, 11803 516-454-0900 x 270 Fax: 516-454-0365 jlg23@cornell.edu	http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/ERAP/WNV http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/erap/WNV/WNVWeblinks.cfm New York City fact sheet in several languages: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/wnv/wnvfaq1.html
North Carolina	NC Division of Environmental Health West Nile Virus Alert Line 1-877-790-1747	http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/phpm/wnv/index.html
North Dakota
Ohio	Dr. Woodbridge A. Foster The Ohio State University Department of Entomology 1735 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210-1220 614-292-2204 Fax: 614-292-2180 foster.13@osu.edu Dick Berry Ohio Health Department dberry@gw.odh.state.oh.us
Oklahoma	Dept of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State Department of Health	http://entoplp.okstate.edu/mosquito/mosquito.html http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/cdd/ow/index.html
Oregon	Oregon Department of Human Services 500 Summer St. NE E25, Salem, OR 97301-1098 Phone: (503) 945-5944 Fax: (503) 378-2897 TTY: (503) 947-5330 Health care providers and clinical laboratories are required to report cases and suspect cases of diseases of unusual public health significance immediately upon identification. On weekends and holidays, call 503/731-4030	http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/acd/wnile/index.cfm
Pennsylvania	Sharon I. Gripp Pesticide Education Program 0115 BUCKHOUT LABORATORY UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802 (814) 863-8714 FAX: (814) 863-8175 sgripp@psu.edu	http://www.pested.psu.edu/spWestNile.html http://www.westnile.state.pa.us/
Rhode Island	General Information about West Nile Virus 1-800-942-7434 Reporting Dead Birds 401-788-3698 Information about mosquito testing and abatement 401-789-6280	Additional Links: http://www.healthri.org/disease/communicable/wnv/links.htm
South Carolina	Robert G. (Bob) Bellinger, Ph.D. Extension Pesticide Coordinator, Pesticide Information Program; Extension Pesticide Applicator Training Coordinator; IR-4 Liaison Representative; Pest Management Information Program Coordinator; Extension Entomologist Department of Entomology Rm 107 Long Hall Box 340365, Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0365 864-656-5042, 3111 Fax: 864-656-5065 bbllngr@clemson.edu	Clemson IPM: http://www.clemson.edu/ipm/whatsnew.html
South Dakota		South Dakota West Nile Virus web site
Tennessee		Fact Sheets: http://www2.state.tn.us/health/FactSheets/wnv.htm
Texas	Texas Department of Health information line 1-888-883-9997	http://www.texaswestnile.org/ http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/zoonosis/diseases/Arboviral/westNile/default.asp
Utah	Michelle Korth Epidemiologist Office of Epidemiology Utah Department of Health PO Box 142104 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2104 801-538-6191 fax: 801-538-9923 mkorth@utah.gov	www.health.utah.gov/wnv
Vermont	Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, P.O. Box 70, Burlington, VT 05402-0070 * TALK: 802-863-7200 or 800-464-4343 (from within Vermont) * TTY/TDD: Dial 711 first * FAX: 802-865-7754	http://www.healthyvermonters.info/hs/epi/idepi/westnile/westnileinfo.shtml
Virginia	Virginia Dept. of Health Office of Epidemiology P.O. Box 2448 Richmond, Virginia 23218 Telephone: (804) 786-6261	http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/wnv.htm
Washington	Tom Gibbs Zoonotic Disease Program Washington Department of Health 7171 Cleanwater Lane, Building 3 PO Box 47825 Olympia, WA 98504-7825 360-236-3060 Fax 360 -236-2261 tom.gibbs@doh.wa.gov
Wisconsin	Phil Pellitteri Insect Diagnostic Lab Department of Entomology University of Wisconsin-Madison (608) 262-651O pellitte@entomology.wisc.edu	Univ Wisconsin Vet Med:http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/WNV/wnvindex.html
West Virginia	Dr. June deGraft-Hanson Extension Poultry Specialist G014 Ag and Vet Sc Box 6108, WVU Morgantown, WV. 26506-6108 304-293-2631 ext. 4099 Fax: 304-293-6954 June.deGraft-Hanson@mail.wvu.edu
Wyoming	Terry Creekmore Wyoming State Arbovirus Coordinator tcreek@state.wy.us 307-742-6681, ext. 105 Veterinary Testing Todd Cornish, Veterinary Pathologist 307-742-6638 General Information Questions: 307-777-7172
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