Title
Estimates of Worst Case Baseline West Nile Virus Disease Effects in a Suburban New York County
Document Type
Article
DOI
DOI 10.3376/1081-1710-33.2.293
Publication Date
2008
Keywords
West Nile Virus, risk, risk computation, Long Island, suburban, serosurveys
Abstract
Serosurveys conducted where West Nile Virus (WNV) caused health impacts were used to construct a model of potential worst case health impacts in a suburban setting. This model addressed two common public perceptions regarding mosquito control activities and WNV disease: it is not a disease of major consequence, and exposed populations quickly become immune. Comparisons to blood bank infection and serious disease incidence data were similar to some of the serosurvey model results. Accounting for theoretical increasing immunity, even over a 20-year horizon, did not substantially reduce the potential impacts. The model results were approximately an order of magnitude greater than those actually experienced in Suffolk County, New York; differences in mosquito populations and/or the degree of mosquito control between Suffolk County and serosurvey sites seem to be the cause of the differences.
Recommended Citation
Tonjes, David J., "Estimates of Worst Case Baseline West Nile Virus Disease Effects in a Suburban New York County" (2008). Technology & Society Faculty Publications. 15.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/techsoc-articles/15
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