New Jersey DOH vector-borne surveillance report, week 42
| Date:10/28/2021 |
| Official Message No.:111116-10-28-2021-PHUP |
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Kristin |
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Please find attached the NJDOH vector-borne surveillance report for week 42.
Report highlights:
- To date, there have been 35 WNV human cases reported in 12 counties, which ties with 2003 as the 3rd highest number of annual cases after 2018 (61 cases) and 2012 (48 cases). In a typical year, there are 8 reported WNV cases.
- WNV cases have been reported in Atlantic (1), Bergen (4), Burlington (8), Camden (6, including 2 fatalities), Cumberland (1), Essex (4, including 1 fatality), Gloucester (1), Mercer (1 fatality), Middlesex (1), Monmouth (5), Ocean (1), and Somerset (2) counties. There were 3 asymptomatic viremic blood donors reported in Burlington and Monmouth (2) counties.
- Half of the WNV cases developed symptoms between the weeks ending on September 11th and September 25th.
- West Nile virus (WNV) has not been detected this week. To date, 985 pools have tested positive for WNV, with the highest numbers in Bergen and Union counties. This is the 3rd highest number of WNV positive pools after 2018 (1,331 pools) and 2012 (992 pools). Activity has been decreasing since week 35.
- 28 pools have tested positive for EEE in southern N.J., which is higher than the same period in 2020, but is consistent with 5-year averages. There have been no EEE human cases but 3 EEE positive horse cases reported in 2021.
- To date, eight pools have tested positive for JCV and 1 human case was reported early in the season in Sussex County.
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