Highlighted Facts

• Surveillance for WNV was initiated in Louisiana in the Spring 2000 and currently involves the testing of dead birds, live birds, sick horses, mosquito pools and sentinel chicken flocks.  With the exception of horse testing, WNV testing is performed at the request of individual mosquito abatement districts throughout the state. WNV is considered endemic or native to all parts of Louisiana, thus statewide dead bird reporting has been suspended.  Dead bird testing is now understood to be a poor predictor of human cases and its value is limited unless part of a more comprehensive mosquito surveillance program, as is conducted by local or parish mosquito abatement districts. 
           
• Louisiana has four kinds of Encephalitis: West Nile Fever, Saint Louis, Eastern Equine and California Encephalitis.

Recent News and Issues and Program Reports:

     Dead Bird Reporting

     West Nile Virus and Other Arboviruses

     West Nile in Louisiana   2009   2008    2007    2006    2005    2004    2003    2002

     Annual Report - Louisiana

     Epidemiology Manual 

Partners

• Louisiana State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
  
• Local Mosquito Control Programs
  
• LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  
• Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
  
• Office of Public Health Laboratory
  
• Office of Public Health Sanitarians

Primary Contact Information

Louisiana Arboviral Coordinator: Erin Stanley, MPH
Address: 3101 W. Napoleon Ave. Metairie, LA 70001	Telephone: (504) 219-4622 Fax: (504) 219-4522 Email: erin.stanley@la.gov

Other Contacts

Contact CDC West Nile Virus Hotline:

Telephone: 888-246-2675