West Nile Virus and Other Mosquito-Borne Disease National Surveillance Report - September 14 to September 20, 2014 (Report Week 38)
Summary
Canada
Humans: During surveillance week 38 (September 14 to September 20, 2014), one human clinical case of West Nile virus neurological syndrome was reported in Quebec: Montérégie.
As of surveillance week 38, 18 human clinical cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Canada: three in Manitoba [Interlake-Eastern Health Region (1), Prairie Mountain Health Region (1)* and Winnipeg Health Region (1)], 10 in Ontario [Chatham-Kent (1), Halton Region (2), Lambton County (1), City of Ottawa (2), Simcoe-Muskoka District (1) and City of Toronto (3)] and five in Quebec [Lanaudière (1), Montérégie (2) and Montreal (2)]. Of these, seven (38.9%) are clinically classified as West Nile virus neurological syndrome, seven (38.9%) as West Nile virus non-neurological syndrome and four (22.2%) as unclassified/unspecified.
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One asymptomatic infection has been reported in Ontario: Windsor-Essex CountyNote de bas de page 1
Mosquitoes: As of surveillance week 38, a reported 212 mosquito pools have tested positive for West Nile virus in Canada: 24 in Manitoba [Interlake-Eastern Health Region (7), Prairie Mountain Health Region (1), Southern Health Region (11) and Winnipeg Health Region (5)]; 56 in Ontario [Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge District (1), Halton Regional (3), City of Hamilton (7), Lambton (1), Middlesex-London (4), Niagara Regional (2), City of Ottawa (3), Peel Regional (22), City of Toronto (10), Windsor-Essex County (1) and York Regional (2)]; 112 in Quebec [Laval (10), Montérégie (41) and Montreal (61)] and 20 in Saskatchewan.
Dead Birds: During surveillance week 38, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative tested two dead birds for West Nile virus in Canada: Ontario (1) and Quebec (1). These birds have tested positive for West Nile virus.
As of surveillance week 38, the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative tested 105 dead birds for West Nile virus in Canada: Ontario (24), Quebec (17) and Saskatchewan (64). Of these, 14 (13.3%) were positive for West Nile virus in Canada: Ontario (6), Quebec (6) and Saskatchewan (2).
Domestic Animals: As of surveillance week 38, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported 13 horses have tested positive for West Nile virus in Canada: Alberta (6), Quebec (1) and Saskatchewan (6).
United States
As of September 16, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 725 West Nile virus human disease cases:
Arizona (30), Arkansas (2), California (237), Colorado (41), Connecticut (1), District of Columbia (2), Florida (5), Georgia (6), Idaho (13), Illinois (8), Indiana (3), Iowa (11), Kansas (10), Louisiana (78), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (6), Mississippi (25), Missouri (4), Montana (4), Nebraska (36), Nevada (2), New Jersey (3), New Mexico (5), New York (9), North Dakota (9), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (10), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), South Dakota (35), Tennessee (5), Texas (91), Utah (1), Virginia (3), Washington (7), Wisconsin (5) and Wyoming (5).
Of these, 398 (54.9%) were diagnosed as neuroinvasive disease cases and 327 (45.1%) as non-neuroinvasive disease cases. Twenty-five fatal cases were reported. One hundred and seventy-one presumptive viremic blood donors have been identified.
European Union, European Economic Area and Neighbouring Countries
During surveillance week 38, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported five new human cases of West Nile fever in Europe: Greece (2), Italy (1) and Romania (2). In the neighboring countries, 17 new human cases were reported: Russian Federation (4) and Serbia (13).
As of September 11, 2014, 42 human cases of West Nile fever have been reported in Europe: Austria (1), Greece (15), Hungary (2), Italy (9) and Romania (15). In the neighbouring countries, 94 human cases were reported: Bosnia and Herzegovina (13), Israel (2), Russian Federation (28) and Serbia (51).
Figure 1. West Nile Virus clinical cases and asymptomatic infections, by Province/Territory and by report week, 2014 season
* West Nile virus clinical cases and asymptomatic infections are grouped by report week, based on episode date. Episode date could include one of the following: onset date, diagnosis date, lab sample date, or reporting date.
Provinces and Territories |
Report week of 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Quebec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Ontario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Manitoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1Note de bas de page ** | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Alberta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Yukon Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Northwest Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4Note de bas de page * | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Provinces and Territories | Week 38: September 14 to September 20, 2014 | |||||
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West Nile virus Neurological syndrome | West Nile virus Non-Neurological syndrome | Unclassified/ Unspecified |
Total clinical casesNote de bas de page 1 |
Number of travel related casesNote de bas de page 2 |
West Nile virus asymptomatic infectionsNote de bas de page 3 |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quebec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ontario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manitoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saskatchewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alberta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yukon Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northwest Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Year to date: January 1 to September 20, 2014 | ||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quebec | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Ontario | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Manitoba | 1 | 1Note de bas de page ** | 1 | 3Note de bas de page * | 0 | 0 |
Saskatchewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alberta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yukon Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northwest Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7 | 7Note de bas de page * | 4 | 18Note de bas de page * | 2 | 1 |
Figure 2. West Nile Virus clinical cases and asymptomatic infections by report week for selected years
* West Nile virus clinical cases and asymptomatic infections are grouped by report week, based on episode date. Episode date could include one of the following: onset date, diagnosis date, lab sample date, or reporting date.
Years | Report week of 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | |
2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4Note de bas de page * | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 63 | 57 | 43 | 43 | 45 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 72 | 139 | 424 | 471 | 443 | 287 | 182 | 116 | 71 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 38 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 66 | 249 | 323 | 324 | 178 | 107 | 82 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Provinces and Territories |
Report week of 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Quebec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 19Note de bas de page ** | 39 | 70 | 99 | 112 | |||||||||
Ontario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 52 | 56 | |||||||||
Manitoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
Alberta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Yukon Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Northwest Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 53 | 70 | 111 | 157 | 195 | 212 |
Provinces and Territories |
Year to date: January 1 to September 20, 2014 | ||
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Number of mosquito pools tested |
Number of positive mosquito pools |
Percentage of positive mosquito pools (%) |
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Quebec | 10,057 | 112 | 1.1 |
Ontario | 13,272 | 56 | 0.4 |
Manitoba | 1,505 | 24 | 1.6 |
Saskatchewan | 824 | 20 | 2.4 |
British Columbia | 236 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 25,894 | 212 | 0.8 |
Figure 3. Reported number of dead birds testing positive for West Nile Virus by Province/Territory and by report week, 2014 season*
* Data from the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
Provinces and Territories |
Report week of 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | Total | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
New Brunswick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Quebec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
Ontario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
Manitoba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
Alberta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Yukon Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Northwest Territory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Figure 4. Percentage of dead birds testing positive for West Nile Virus in the 2014 season by report week, as compared to the 2003, 2012 and 2013 seasons
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