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Fourth National Conference on West Nile Virus in the United States
New Orleans, Louisiana
February 9-11, 2003

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February 9-11, 2003 Plenary Session 1 PowerPoint version PDF   Summary of West Nile virus national surveillance data Roy Campbell 9.94 MB 2.3 MB   Newly recognized modes of transmission to humans Anthony Marfin 237 KB 200 KB   New or emerging clinical syndromes in humans James Sejvar 479 KB 361 KB   Description of the 2002 West Nile virus equine epizootic, and equine surveillance issues Eileen Ostlund 5.48 MB 9.71 MB   Predictive value of ecological surveillance tools Stephen Guptill 8.38 MB 6.55 MB   Local experience and perspective - Chicago, 2002 William Paul 497 KB 1.04 MB   State experience and perspective - Louisiana, 2002 Raoult Ratard 5.15 MB 2.92 MB   ArboNET update Daniel O'Leary 198 KB 149 KB Session 2 - Laboratory Diagnosis PowerPoint version PDF   Diagnostic testing in humans - Lessons learned in the past three years Robert Lanciotti 10.07 MB 604 KB   Nucleic acid amplification technologies in arboviral surveillance programs Laura Kramer 8.5 MB 4.05 KB   Commercial assays for West Nile virus diagnosis Robert Myers 8.59 MB 1.07 MB   Theoretical and practical aspects of flaviviral antigenic structure in diagnostic assays - Lesson from the past and promise for the future John Roehrig 349 KB 238 KB Session 3 - Biology and Ecology >PowerPoint version PDF   Overwintering mechanisms William Reisen 3.45 MB 1.49 MB   Vectoral capacity Michael Turell 664 KB 810 KB   Vertebrate ecology and biology - avian Nicholas Komar 1.70 MB 472 KB   Vertebrate ecology and biology - non-avian Michel Bunning 19.71 MB 1.35 MB   Comparative pathogenicity Aaron Brault Presentation not available     Cross immunity - West Nile versus St. Louis encephalitis virus in areas of overlap Robert Tesh 4.63 MB 825 KB Session 4A - Prevention, Control, Communication, and Behavior PowerPoint version PDF   Vector control response to a West Nile virus epidemic in Louisiana Chuck Palmisano Presentation not available     Vector control response to a West Nile virus epidemic in Ohio Terry Allan 34.92 MB 3.74 MB   Economic costs of the 2002 West Nile virus epidemic in Louisiana and expected benefits from prevention programs Armineh Zohrabian 132 KB 276 KB   Adverse effects from West Nile virus mosquito control efforts in Mississippi George Luber Presentation not available   Legislative and legal challenges faced by integrated mosquito management programs David Brown 1.13 MB 964 KB Session 4B - Prevention, Control, Communication, and Behavior PowerPoint version PDF   Involving the community and overcoming controversy - West Nile virus in New York City Sandra Mullin 31.2 MB 2.24 MB   Limited time, limited resources - The logistics of launching a West Nile virus educational campaign Dawn Baxter 1.11 MB 582 KB   "Why don't people just use repellent?" - Barriers and facilitating factors in West Nile virus personal prevention Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez 843 KB 309 KB   What's been done, what hasn't been tried in West Nile virus prevention communication Thom Berry 458 KB 610 KB Summary and Wrap Up PowerPoint version PDF   Meeting Summary 81 KB 209 KB

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