Re: NANFA-- RE: West Nile Virus

Sajjad Lateef (sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com)
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:51:04 -0700 (PDT)

--- "B.G. Granier" <bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Help!
>
> Does anyone here on the NANFA list know if West Nile is infectious to
> other
> species besides humans and horses, and of course, birds?
>
> What about dogs, squirrels, cats?

Here is CDC's web page on West Nile Virus' Vertebrate Ecology:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/birds&mammals.htm

My reading of above yields:
1. Birds are vectors
2. Humans, Horses and other mammals develop infection rarely
and it is treatable.

Sajjad

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