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The following lists the West Nile virus positive results for 2000. It will be updated only if positive test results or changes in test results for specimens collected in 2000 are reported.
Note of clarification: Encephalitis or severe neurologic symptoms were not present in all of the human, bird, and mammal West Nile virus positive "cases." A number of the birds and mammals had no clinical signs of West Nile infection at all; they were asymptomatic surveillance specimens.
Total number of West Nile virus positive specimens for New York for the year are 1,263 dead birds, 400 mosquito pools, 10 live wild birds, 8 sentinel chickens, 2 bats, 28 horses, 1 domestic rabbit, 1 squirrel, 1 chipmunk, and 14 humans.
County total West Nile virus positive results to date are:
| Dead birds - 1,263 |
| Counties: |
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Albany |
27 |
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| Allegany |
3 |
| Broome |
11 |
| Cattaraugus |
5 |
| Cayuga |
11 |
| Chautauqua |
15 |
| Chemung |
5 |
| Clinton |
13 |
| Columbia |
8 |
| Cortland |
9 |
| Delaware |
4 |
| Dutchess |
26 |
| Erie |
25 |
| Essex |
7 |
| Franklin |
3 |
| Fulton |
3 |
| Genesee |
2 |
| Greene |
4 |
| Hamilton |
1 |
| Herkimer |
3 |
| Jefferson |
9 |
| Lewis |
4 |
| Livingston |
6 |
| Madison |
15 |
| Monroe |
11 |
| Montgomery |
6 |
| Nassau |
88 |
| NYC |
176 |
(Staten Island 60, Queens 29, Manhattan 37, Brooklyn 38, Bronx 12) |
| Niagara |
5 |
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| Oneida |
16 |
| Onondaga |
20 |
| Ontario |
3 |
| Orange |
36 |
| Orleans |
3 |
| Oswego |
13 |
| Otsego |
1 |
| Putnam |
12 |
| Rensselaer |
9 |
| Rockland |
262 |
| St. Lawrence |
5 |
| Saratoga |
10 |
| Schenectady |
10 |
| Schoharie |
5 |
| Schuyler |
2 |
| Seneca |
1 |
| Steuben |
5 |
| Suffolk |
210 |
| Sullivan |
2 |
| Tioga |
3 |
| Tompkins |
6 |
| Ulster |
14 |
| Warren |
8 |
| Washington |
10 |
| Wayne |
1 |
| Westchester |
85 |
(includes February hawk) |
| Wyoming |
4 |
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| Yates |
2 |
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| Mosquito pools - 400 |
| Counties: |
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Columbia |
1 |
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| Nassau |
8 |
| NYC |
206 |
(Staten Island 165, Queens 5, Manhattan 17, Bronx 6, Brooklyn 13) |
| Orange |
4 |
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| Rockland |
47 |
| Suffolk |
121 |
| Westchester |
13 |
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| Sentinel chickens - 8 |
| Counties: |
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NYC |
7 |
(Brooklyn) |
| Westchester |
1 |
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| Live wild birds - 10 |
| Counties: |
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NYC |
10 |
(Brooklyn 5, Bronx 1, Queens 3, Staten Island 1) |
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| Mammal cases - 33 |
| Counties: |
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Albany |
1 |
bat |
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1 |
domestic rabbit |
| Columbia |
1 |
bat |
| Nassau |
4 |
horses |
| NYC |
10 |
horses (Staten Island 8, Bronx 2) |
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1 |
squirrel (Bronx) |
| Orange |
6 |
horses |
| Rensselaer |
1 |
chipmunk |
| Suffolk |
8 |
horses |
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| Human cases - 14 |
| Counties: |
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NYC |
14 |
(Brooklyn 2, Manhattan 1, Queens 1, Staten Island 10) |
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