Throughout 2002, the variety of areas reporting WNV grew to forty four states and 5 Canadian provinces. The one states not reporting WNV were Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Utah that yr. Intrauterine transmission (CDC MMWR) and laboratory infections (CDC MMWR) had been reported for the primary time. In throughout 3800 human circumstances with 232 fatalities in 39 states and Washington DC had been recorded. Better than 24,350 horse instances of WNV have been confirmed or reported in 2002. There is a vaccine for horses. Even alligators (CDC-EID) had been discovered infected in Georgia. contagiousness, this graphic makes use