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Seventh National Conference on West Nile Virus in the United States
San Francisco, California
February 23-24, 2006

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February 23-24, 2006 Session 1 - Surveillance PDF Power Point version   Summary of West Nile Virus Activity, United States 2005 Eileen Farnon, CDC/Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (DVBID) 1,387KB 3,504KB   Summary of West Nile Virus Activity, Canada 2005 Peter Buck, Public Health Agency of Canada 1,851KB 3,530KB   Summary of West Nile Virus Activity, California 2005 Vicki Kramer, California Department of Health Services 2,684KB 8,099KB   Evolution of West Nile Virus Activity, Nebraska 2002-2005 Tom Safranek, Nebraska Health and Human Services NA* NA* Session 2 - Epidemiology/Clinical Studies PDF Power Point version   West Nile Virus and Human Disease: Perspectives from California Carol Glaser and Cynthia Jean, California Department of Health Services NA* NA*   Electrodiagnostic Features and Recovery in West Nile Virus Paralysis Jun Li, Wayne State University NA* NA*   Post-Hospitalization Outcomes Following West Nile Virus: Results of a Prospective Follow Up Study Kristy Lillibridge, University of Texas NA* NA*   Features of Patients Hospitalized with West Nile Virus Infection: Results of a Population-Based Assessment Amy Bode, King County Department of Health, WA 191 KB 289 KB Session 3 - Field Biology/Ecology PDF Power Point version   Role of Corvids in Epidemic West Nile Virus Transmission in California William K. Reisen, University of California 1,516KB 11,668KB   Use of Mosquito Blood-Meal Analysis to Implicate West Nile Virus Vectors in the Southeast US Thomas Unnasch, University of Alabama NA* NA*   Evidence for Mammals as Amplification Hosts of West Nile Virus in the Midwest Ken Platt, Iowa State University 305KB 328KB Drivers of West Nile Virus Transmission in a Mid-Atlantic Ecosystem Marm Kilpatrick , Consortium for Conservation Medicine NA* NA* How Do Host-Vector-Virus Interrelationships Influence Decision Making for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control?, Nick Komar, CDC/DVBID and Laura D. Kramer, New York State Health Department NA* NA* Session 4 - Virology PDF Power Point version   Genetic and Phenotypic Characteristics of West Nile Virus in North America Center for Tropical Diseases, Alan Barrett, University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Tropical Diseases 586KB NA*   Epiornitic Determinants of West Nile Virus in North America Aaron Brault, University of California 1,014KB 12,115KB   High Resolution Structural Studies of West Nile Virus: Insights Into Function Richard Kuhn, Purdue University NA* NA* Session 5 - Prevention and Control PDF Power Point version   West Nile Virus Surveillance and Control Activities in East Baton Rouge Parish Guy Faget, East Baton Rouge Mosquito Control, Baton Rouge, LA 2,564KB 9,992KB   Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District Response to West Nile Virus in Sacramento and Yolo County, CA David A. Brown, Sacramento -Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, CA 1,588KB 10,643KB   Personal and Household Prevention The Role of the Environmental Protection Agency in Registering and Regulating Insect Repellents Susan Jennings, US Environmental Protection Agency 47KB 69KB A Tale of Two Cities: The Role of Personal Protection Against West Nile Virus, Indira B. Gujral, Larimer County Department of Health and Environment, CO NA* NA* Evaluation of a Community Clean-Up Campaign for Aedes albopictus Source Reduction in Fulton County, GA Robert Wirtz for Thomas Burkot, CDC/Division of Parasitic Diseases NA* NA* Meeting Wrap-up and Closing PDF Power Point version   Meeting Wrap-up and Closing Roger Nasci/Lyle Petersen, CDC/DVBID 694KB 1,446KB

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