Health Department Biweekly Reports Folder 0066, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani -2 - October 18, 2000

Summary of West Nile Virus Findings as of 10/6/2000 14 humans, 153 birds, and 153 mosquito pools Borough Findings Staten Island Birds: 56 Mosquito Pools: 115 Humans: 10 Manhattan Birds: 31 Mosquito Pools: 17 Queens Birds: 25 Mosquito Pools: 5 Humans: 1 Bronx Birds: 10 Mosquito Pools: 6 Brooklyn Birds: 31 Mosquito Pools: 10 Humans: 2 (both hospitalized)

WNV Serosurvey Completed On October 10 the Department announced that the door-to-door WNV survey of households on Staten Island which began October 3, was completed ahead of schedule, on Sunday, October 8. The survey, which was conducted by the Health Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obtained samples from a total of 877 voluntary participants in 634 households in randomly selected neighborhoods on Staten Island. Participants in the survey are scheduled to receive their individual WNV test results within the next three months. Further analysis of survey data will be conducted by the Health Department and CDC, and results will be made available to the public within the next six months, once the analysis is complete.

Information gained from this survey will help to determine the percentage of people on Staten Island who may have been exposed to the virus, which individuals might be most at risk for being exposed to mosquitoes infected with WNV, and what symptoms, if any, were experienced by people who were exposed to the virus, but were not aware that they were infected.

NOTEWORTHY ITEMS

Asthma Day The Department of Health is preparing to hold it's Third Annual Kids With Asthma Can Do Anything, Sport and Recreational Activity Day on Saturday, October 14, at Bill Raney Park in the Bronx. The community-wide sport and recreational activity day with the theme, Kids With Asthma Can Do Anything, will be hosted by the Department's Hunts Point Childhood Health Promotion Initiative, as part of the DOH's Childhood Asthma Initiative.

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