Animal Whodunit, Medical Mystery

Scientists solving a whodunit in the animal kingdom helped doctors identify the first Western outbreak of West Nile virus.

Enserink, M. 1999. New York’s lethal virus came from Middle East, DNA suggests. Science 286(Nov. 19):1450.

New York City Department of Health. 1999. City Health Department reports three cases of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) in Queens. Available at http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/public/press99/pr46-903.html.

Further information about duck plague can be found at http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/gr144.htm.

John Andresen
Matituck-Laurel Veterinary Hospital
940 Franklin Road
Laurel, NY 11948-1200

Nicholas Komar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
P.O. Box 2087
Fort Collins, CO 80522

Robert Lanciotti
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
P.O. Box 2087
Fort Collins, CO 80522

Marcelle Layton
City of New York Department of Health
Communicable Diseases
125 Worth Street
New York, NY 10013

Tracey McNamara
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Health Center
185th Street and Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10460

Ward Stone
State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
Room 1683, Corning Tower
Albany, NY 12237

Peter J. Timoney
University of Kentucky
Veterinary Science Department
108 Gluck Equine Research Center
Lexington, KY 40546-0099

Oliver Williams
USDA
Veterinary Epidemiology
4700 River Road, Unit #41
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 378. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.