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THE CITY OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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NEAL L. COHEN, M.O.
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125 WORTH STREET 1 2000
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FAX (212) 964-0472
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DEPUTY MAYOR OPERATIONS
September 18, 2000
TO: Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani
MAYOR
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FROM: Neal L. Cohen, M.D.
Commissioner
SUBJECT: Bi-weekly Report. -- (August 27 — September 9)
CRITICAL EVENTS & EMERGING ISSUES
West Nile Virus Activities
West Nile Virus
During this period, there were additional human cases of
human cases to 11 in
reported by the Department, bringing the total number of
New York City this year. The laboratory tests were performed at the
sent to the
Department's Public Health Laboratories, and specimens have been
for further confirmation.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
61 year-old
On Friday, September 1, the Department announced that a who
The individual,
Staten Island man has tested positive for West Nile virus.
became ill on August 4 with
lives in the Woodrow section of Staten Island,
to a local hospital on
muscle weakness and encephalitis. He was admitted
2, the Department
August 6 and was released on August 11. On September
announced a 53 year-old woman from the Bulls Head section of Staten Island,
became ill with encephalitis
had tested positive for West Nile virus. The woman
August 28. She is still
on August 23 and was admitted to the hospital on
hospitalized but improving. On Tuesday, September 12, the Department
West Nile virus
announced that three additional individuals had tested positive for
was staying in Canarsie,
in New York City: a 77 year-old man from Florida who
54 year-old man
Brooklyn, is hospitalized in stable and improving condition; a
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