Re: NANFA-- RE: West Nile Virus

Jeremy Tiemann (jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu)
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:58:49 -0500

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Here in IL, they have found West Nile in dogs and squirrels. My girl
friends's father is a vet, and, I believe, has detected West Nile in
dogs in KS

>Thanks Sajjad.........
>
>I really appreciate the help.......
>
>BG
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sajjad Lateef" <sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com>
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:51 PM
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: West Nile Virus
>
>
>> --- "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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>>
>> =====
>> --
>> Sajjad Lateef
>> sajjad_at_acm.org
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Jeremy Tiemann
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