Final 2003 West Nile Virus Activity in the United States This map reflects surveillance findings occurring between January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003 as reported to CDC's ArboNET system for public distribution by state and local health departments.  A total of 818 presumptively viremic blood donors (PVD) have been reported to CDC's ArboNET surveillance program through state and local health departments. A PVD is a person who was asymptomatic at the time of donating blood (people with symptoms are deferred from donating) through a blood collection agency, but whose blood tested positive in preliminary tests when screened for the presence of West Nile virus. PVDs are followed up by the blood agency to verify their infection with additional tests. Some PVDs do go on to develop symptoms after donation, at which point they would be included in the count of human disease cases by their state. Data
table: Human disease cases have been reported in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. USGS: http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/ For information on WNV activity in Canada please see:
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