A 15 Year Evaluation of West Nile Virus in Wisconsin: Effects on Wildlife and Human Health
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Location
2.2. WNV Case Data
2.3. Final Case Definition
2.4. Climate Data
2.5. Elevation and Land Cover
2.6. Statistical Methods
2.7. Geospatial Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Environmental Parameter | Month | Year | |||||||||||||||
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
Average Accumulation (in.) | Jan | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.37 |
Feb | 0.39 | 0.58 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.80 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.48 | |
Mar | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.62 | 0.87 | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 0.81 | |
Apr | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 1.01 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.87 | |
May | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.13 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 1.08 | 1.13 | 1.11 | |
Jun | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.23 | 1.30 | |
Jul | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.33 | 1.38 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.24 | 1.20 | 1.25 | 1.34 | |
Aug | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.24 | 1.28 | 1.38 | 1.19 | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.22 | 1.33 | |
Sept | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.22 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.16 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 1.25 | |
Oct | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.93 | n/A | |
Nov | 0.85 | 0.60 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.82 | n/A | |
Dec | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.68 | n/A | |
Maximum Accumulation (in.) | Jan | 0.99 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 0.81 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.51 | 0.89 | 0.48 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.69 |
Feb | 1.01 | 0.97 | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.62 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.89 | 1.42 | 0.97 | 1.29 | 0.93 | 1.01 | 0.52 | 0.84 | |
Mar | 0.70 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 0.83 | 1.29 | 1.04 | 1.39 | 1.17 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 1.99 | |
Apr | 1.58 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 1.31 | 1.63 | 1.57 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 1.56 | 1.66 | 1.64 | 1.44 | 1.22 | |
May | 1.47 | 1.30 | 1.69 | 1.87 | 1.38 | 1.62 | 1.50 | 1.71 | 1.42 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.73 | 1.69 | 1.81 | 1.90 | 1.72 | |
Jun | 2.20 | 1.95 | 1.55 | 1.79 | 1.55 | 1.51 | 1.75 | 2.47 | 1.69 | 1.84 | 1.82 | 1.81 | 2.04 | 1.98 | 1.88 | 2.16 | |
Jul | 1.61 | 1.91 | 1.64 | 1.86 | 2.10 | 1.72 | 2.02 | 1.99 | 1.48 | 2.74 | 1.76 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 1.61 | 2.08 | 1.90 | |
Aug | 2.00 | 1.94 | 1.57 | 1.56 | 1.64 | 1.95 | 2.45 | 1.52 | 2.09 | 2.13 | 1.56 | 1.49 | 1.74 | 1.97 | 1.81 | 1.79 | |
Sept | 2.02 | 2.25 | 1.70 | 1.82 | 1.58 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.33 | 1.43 | 2.08 | 1.59 | 1.54 | 1.53 | 1.67 | 1.91 | 2.29 | |
Oct | 1.35 | 1.73 | 1.33 | 1.48 | 1.99 | 1.48 | 1.64 | 1.43 | 1.46 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.90 | 1.54 | n/A | |
Nov | 1.26 | 0.88 | 1.60 | 1.02 | 1.43 | 1.13 | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.07 | 1.57 | n/A | |
Dec | 1.07 | 0.86 | 0.99 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.98 | 1.30 | 0.75 | 1.22 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 0.94 | 1.91 | n/A | |
Total Accumulation (in.) | Jan | 13.86 | 14.73 | 10.23 | 9.23 | 12.06 | 16.98 | 13.00 | 11.10 | 7.53 | 10.13 | 9.32 | 13.74 | 12.82 | 8.22 | 10.72 | 11.44 |
Feb | 10.86 | 16.14 | 10.42 | 13.67 | 14.79 | 11.79 | 9.00 | 10.88 | 13.03 | 23.88 | 12.27 | 15.00 | 12.10 | 7.76 | 7.73 | 14.28 | |
Mar | 17.16 | 17.21 | 19.72 | 21.67 | 18.17 | 20.61 | 22.11 | 16.87 | 20.16 | 23.07 | 19.08 | 26.86 | 16.82 | 14.90 | 19.51 | 25.14 | |
Apr | 29.72 | 27.52 | 26.65 | 27.54 | 28.12 | 30.48 | 26.63 | 28.02 | 27.22 | 30.30 | 26.65 | 27.66 | 24.65 | 27.59 | 28.03 | 26.11 | |
May | 35.13 | 31.35 | 35.11 | 37.26 | 31.62 | 35.68 | 34.67 | 31.82 | 33.04 | 34.11 | 32.16 | 37.08 | 34.67 | 33.53 | 34.90 | 34.54 | |
Jun | 37.42 | 39.18 | 35.69 | 36.94 | 38.13 | 36.63 | 37.47 | 39.11 | 35.65 | 39.47 | 37.01 | 37.27 | 38.07 | 40.23 | 36.91 | 38.92 | |
Jul | 39.30 | 40.98 | 39.23 | 39.21 | 41.10 | 42.66 | 39.76 | 40.05 | 35.77 | 43.73 | 41.80 | 42.11 | 38.51 | 37.09 | 38.85 | 41.51 | |
Aug | 40.50 | 39.39 | 39.58 | 36.81 | 38.37 | 39.77 | 42.82 | 36.74 | 38.74 | 40.75 | 38.25 | 38.49 | 38.68 | 40.26 | 37.76 | 41.16 | |
Sept | 33.84 | 36.21 | 33.82 | 34.74 | 36.46 | 32.16 | 34.07 | 33.58 | 33.47 | 34.82 | 32.76 | 33.08 | 34.23 | 33.38 | 36.44 | 37.56 | |
Oct | 27.65 | 25.96 | 27.76 | 29.49 | 29.65 | 26.56 | 31.84 | 27.55 | 27.13 | 29.65 | 29.16 | 28.61 | 28.35 | 28.10 | 28.92 | n/A | |
Nov | 25.55 | 17.93 | 20.57 | 21.24 | 22.35 | 20.68 | 18.12 | 19.04 | 21.78 | 19.99 | 21.74 | 20.16 | 18.93 | 15.88 | 24.45 | n/A | |
Dec | 16.74 | 15.06 | 15.67 | 14.36 | 12.77 | 17.14 | 13.38 | 13.07 | 13.78 | 12.26 | 16.04 | 16.11 | 10.26 | 14.53 | 21.01 | n/A | |
Mean Temperature (°F) | Jan | 18.38 | 22.83 | 13.27 | 10.76 | 13.71 | 26.38 | 19.29 | 14.03 | 6.21 | 14.32 | 11.79 | 19.97 | 16.26 | 5.91 | 14.72 | 15.85 |
Feb | 14.69 | 25.04 | 13.33 | 19.84 | 23.26 | 17.33 | 11.03 | 12.80 | 19.03 | 18.55 | 17.39 | 24.51 | 16.04 | 7.09 | 7.78 | 21.29 | |
Mar | 26.35 | 23.86 | 27.56 | 31.49 | 25.91 | 29.46 | 32.60 | 23.85 | 28.23 | 34.46 | 26.27 | 42.00 | 22.54 | 20.67 | 28.77 | 34.52 | |
Apr | 43.78 | 39.75 | 39.49 | 41.58 | 44.67 | 45.37 | 39.88 | 40.06 | 40.37 | 46.16 | 38.96 | 42.11 | 36.02 | 37.10 | 41.51 | 39.90 | |
May | 52.78 | 47.03 | 49.94 | 49.28 | 48.81 | 51.97 | 54.97 | 48.46 | 50.48 | 53.83 | 50.31 | 55.49 | 51.39 | 51.23 | 52.51 | 51.51 | |
Jun | 60.28 | 61.93 | 57.56 | 56.99 | 64.72 | 60.43 | 61.92 | 59.69 | 59.23 | 60.78 | 59.27 | 62.52 | 59.70 | 61.29 | 59.64 | 61.37 | |
Jul | 65.17 | 67.21 | 63.76 | 61.79 | 66.36 | 67.73 | 64.64 | 64.09 | 59.37 | 66.27 | 68.57 | 70.36 | 63.91 | 61.44 | 63.12 | 66.17 | |
Aug | 65.55 | 62.68 | 64.70 | 58.00 | 63.40 | 63.05 | 64.56 | 62.14 | 60.73 | 65.96 | 63.44 | 62.84 | 63.80 | 62.55 | 61.42 | 65.06 | |
Sept | 53.48 | 57.83 | 55.20 | 58.22 | 59.44 | 53.20 | 57.37 | 56.89 | 57.47 | 53.04 | 54.06 | 53.66 | 56.17 | 54.49 | 60.92 | 58.48 | |
Oct | 43.52 | 39.63 | 44.16 | 45.36 | 46.78 | 39.88 | 49.67 | 44.07 | 39.30 | 46.11 | 46.20 | 42.21 | 44.19 | 42.26 | 44.61 | n/A | |
Nov | 40.59 | 30.02 | 30.97 | 34.87 | 32.99 | 34.62 | 30.88 | 31.04 | 37.43 | 32.76 | 34.38 | 32.55 | 28.93 | 24.11 | 36.80 | n/A | |
Dec | 25.85 | 23.28 | 23.76 | 19.78 | 17.54 | 25.72 | 16.69 | 12.56 | 17.84 | 16.11 | 24.95 | 23.75 | 11.84 | 23.12 | 30.01 | n/A | |
Maximum Temperature (°F) | Jan | 37.71 | 47.94 | 47.75 | 37.63 | 38.75 | 46.68 | 44.05 | 43.21 | 29.43 | 37.56 | 37.89 | 49.18 | 45.62 | 37.59 | 38.79 | 39.78 |
Feb | 37.76 | 47.45 | 45.81 | 47.23 | 48.07 | 40.23 | 45.63 | 36.65 | 47.01 | 38.04 | 49.72 | 43.55 | 39.39 | 41.83 | 33.4 | 51.06 | |
Mar | 47.55 | 51.11 | 62.72 | 58.04 | 62.63 | 56.98 | 75.06 | 47.59 | 62.68 | 67.36 | 54.6 | 78.49 | 48.81 | 55.32 | 63.04 | 63.02 | |
Apr | 76.13 | 81.61 | 80.03 | 75.45 | 75.37 | 74.4 | 79.84 | 71.96 | 76.58 | 78.08 | 71.97 | 71.65 | 72.41 | 68.88 | 73.05 | 73.95 | |
May | 81.26 | 81.05 | 74.28 | 75.8 | 74.42 | 85.6 | 84.24 | 75.81 | 81.02 | 88.19 | 81.44 | 86.97 | 83.84 | 83.56 | 80.33 | 79.27 | |
Jun | 85.08 | 85.64 | 84.03 | 82.42 | 88.47 | 84.83 | 87.25 | 82.42 | 89.65 | 84.39 | 90.85 | 89.88 | 83.88 | 84.06 | 83.64 | 83.96 | |
Jul | 88.08 | 89.65 | 84.42 | 82.09 | 90.08 | 91.94 | 89.97 | 84.9 | 81.06 | 86.47 | 92.82 | 96.3 | 90.95 | 86.48 | 86.42 | 85.52 | |
Aug | 91.09 | 85.24 | 88.32 | 78.8 | 87.75 | 91.09 | 87.81 | 84.34 | 84.08 | 87.18 | 86.91 | 89.33 | 90.94 | 83.51 | 88.9 | 83.07 | |
Sept | 78.87 | 85.46 | 84.32 | 81.09 | 85.56 | 78.1 | 85.96 | 85.41 | 80.33 | 79.1 | 85.99 | 86.73 | 88.29 | 80.23 | 86.25 | 77.82 | |
Oct | 73.73 | 76.26 | 75.39 | 72.21 | 79.13 | 75.47 | 81.91 | 75.51 | 62.63 | 78.8 | 79.78 | 72.41 | 75.62 | 67.08 | 76.95 | n/A | |
Nov | 62.98 | 57.75 | 55.83 | 59.19 | 59.65 | 62.6 | 55.08 | 70.13 | 66.11 | 63.12 | 58.86 | 62.55 | 55.33 | 54.6 | 69.39 | n/A | |
Dec | 58.31 | 46.4 | 45.98 | 46.9 | 38.73 | 45.84 | 38.04 | 43.29 | 44.89 | 43.45 | 46.35 | 56.57 | 41.79 | 45.07 | 51.34 | n/A |
Source | DF | F | P |
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Average Daily Accumulation for State (in.) | |||
By: Month/Year | |||
Model | 185 | 5.58 | 0.164 |
Error | 2 | ||
Month/Year | 185 | 5.58 | 0.164 |
By: Year | |||
Model | 15 | 0.16 | 0.999 |
Error | 172 | ||
Year | 15 | 0.30 | 0.020 |
Maximum Daily Accumulation for State (in.) | |||
By: Month/Year | |||
Model | 185 | 3.28 | 0.263 |
Error | 2 | ||
Date | 185 | 3.28 | 0.263 |
By: Year | |||
Model | 15 | 0.34 | 0.991 |
Error | 172 | ||
Year | 15 | 0.34 | 0.991 |
Average Total Accumulation for State (in.) | |||
By: Month/Year | |||
Model | 185 | 5.92 | 0.155 |
Error | 2 | ||
Date | 185 | 5.92 | 0.155 |
By: Year | |||
Model | 15 | 0.16 | 0.999 |
Error | 172 | ||
Year | 15 | 0.16 | 0.999 |
Average Temperature for State (°F) | |||
By: Month/Year | |||
Model | 185 | 8 | 0.117 |
Error | 2 | ||
Date | 185 | 8 | 0.117 |
By: Year | |||
Model | 15 | 0.16 | 0.999 |
Error | 172 | ||
Year | 15 | 0.16 | 0.999 |
Maximum Temperature for State (°F) | |||
By: Month/Year | |||
Model | 185 | 4.74 | 0.190 |
Error | 2 | ||
Date | 185 | 4.74 | 0.190 |
By: Year | |||
Model | 15 | 0.15 | 0.999 |
Error | 172 | ||
Year | 15 | 0.15 | 0.999 |
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Avian | Mammal | Unknown | |||||||||
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Year | Negative | Positive | Probable | Suspect | Undetermined | Negative | Positive | Probable | Suspect | N/A | Negative |
2000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 238 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 157 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 583 | 323 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 2023 | 190 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 200 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 1706 | 127 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 200 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 1510 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 156 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2006 | 3612 | 156 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 135 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 1436 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 1306 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 619 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 631 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 331 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 1228 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 66 | 64 | 1 | 940 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 56 | 43 | 0 | 403 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 84 | 56 | 0 | 691 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 15012 | 948 | 34 | 2073 | 377 | 1554 | 636 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
Species | Number WNV Positive | |||||||||||||||||
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Group | Common Name | Scientific Name | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Unk. |
Avian | Blackbird, Unidentified | Icteridae | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Bluebird, Eastern | Sialia sialis | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Cardinal, Northern | Cardinalis cardinalis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Chickadee, Black-capped | Poecile atricapillus | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Chicken, Greater Prairie | Tympanuchus cupido | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Cormorant, Double-crested | Phalacrocorax auritus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Corvid, Unidentified | Corvidae | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Crane, Blue (Stanley or Paradise) | Anthropoides paradiseus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Hooded | Grus monacha | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Indian Sarus | Grus antigone antigone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Red-crowned (Japanese) | Grus japonensis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Sandhill | Grus canadensis | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Crane, Sarus, Unidentified | Grus antigone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Siberian | Grus leucogeranus | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Crane, Wattled | Bugeranus carunculatus | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Crane, White-naped | Grus vipio | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Crane, Whooping | Grus americana | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
Crow, American | Corvus brachyrhynchos | 14 | 146 | 109 | 38 | 108 | 43 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 33 | 53 | 33 | 40 | |||
Dove, Mourning | Zenaida macroura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Eagle, Bald | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Emu | Dromaius novaehollandiae | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Finch, Unidentified | Ardeidae | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Goshawk, Northern | Accipiter gentilis | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Grackle, Common | Quiscalus quiscula | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Hawk, Cooper’s | Accipiter cooperii | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Hawk, Red-tailed | Buteo jamaicensis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Hawk, Sharp-shinned | Accipiter striatus | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Hawk, Unidentified | Accipitridae | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Jay, Blue | Cyanocitta cristata | 18 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||||
Avian | Loon, Common | Gavia immer | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Merlin | Falco columbarius | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Owl, Horned, Great | Bubo virginianus | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Pelican, Unidentified | Pelecanus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pelican, White, American | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Raven, Common | Corvus corax | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Robin, American | Turdus migratorius | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Sora | Porzana carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Sparrow, Unidentified | Passeridae | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Starling, European | Sturnus vulgaris | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Swan, Trumpeter | Cygnus buccinator | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Swan, Tundra | Cygnus columbianus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Thrush, Unidentified | Turdidae | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey, Wild | Meleagris gallopavo | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Waxwing, Cedar | Bombycilla cedrorum | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Woodpecker, Downy | Dryobates pubescens | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Woodpecker, Hairy | Picoides villosus | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Mammal | Bat, Brown, Big | Eptesicus fuscus | ||||||||||||||||
Bat, Brown, Little | Myotis lucifugus | |||||||||||||||||
Coyote | Canis latrans | |||||||||||||||||
Elk | Cervus canadensis | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Horse, Domestic | Equus ferus caballus | 270 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Human | Homo sapien | 46 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||
Squirrel, Gray, Eastern | Sciurus carolinensis | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Unknown | Unknown | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Wolf, Gray | Canis lupus | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Unknown | Total Cases (n) | Annual Incidence (%) b | Cumulative Incidence (%) | |
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Adams | 1 | 1 | 0.35 | 4.88 | ||||||||||||||
Ashland | 1 | 1 | 0.45 | 6.24 | ||||||||||||||
Barron | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.94 | 13.14 | |||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.28 | 3.93 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.53 | 7.49 | ||||||||||||||
Burnett | 1 | 1 | 0.47 | 6.52 | ||||||||||||||
Calumet | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 2.02 | ||||||||||||||
Chippewa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.45 | 6.34 | |||||||||||
Clark | 1 | 1 | 0.21 | 2.89 | ||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | 1.77 | ||||||||||||||
Dane | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 * | 3 | 3 (1) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 0.34 | 4.71 | |||||
Dodge | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.49 | 6.79 | |||||||||||
Douglas | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 2.28 | ||||||||||||||
Eau Claire | 1 * (1) | 2 | 0.14 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||
Fond du Lac | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | 1.96 | |||||||||||||
Grant | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.56 | 7.83 | ||||||||||||
Green | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.39 | 5.39 | |||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.60 | 8.42 | |||||||||||||
Jefferson | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.76 | 10.65 | |||||||||
Kenosha | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.26 | 3.58 | ||||||||||||
La Crosse | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.24 | 3.43 | |||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | 2 | 0.85 | 11.93 | ||||||||||||||
Langlade | 1* | 1 | 0.36 | 5.11 | ||||||||||||||
Lincoln | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||
Manitowoc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 3.72 | ||||||||||||
Marathon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.21 | 2.95 | |||||||||||
Marinette | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||
Marquette | 1 | 1 | 0.47 | 6.59 | ||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 9 | 8 * | 7 * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 *** | 3 * | 2 | 3 * | 62 | 0.46 | 6.49 | |||||
Oconto | 1 | 1 | 0.19 | 2.68 | ||||||||||||||
Oneida | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||||
Outagamie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 * | 1 | 1 * | 7 | 0.28 | 3.88 | ||||||||
Ozaukee | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 1.15 | ||||||||||||||
Polk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.49 | 6.9 | ||||||||||||
Portage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 | 4.27 | ||||||||||||
Racine | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0.29 | 4.1 | |||||||||||
Richland | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 5.64 | ||||||||||||||
Rock | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.31 | 4.35 | ||||||||||
Rusk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.49 | 20.84 | ||||||||||||
Shawano | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||
Sheboygan | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.87 | ||||||||||||||
St. Croix | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 2.33 | |||||||||||||
Vernon | 1 | 1 | 0.24 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||
Walworth | 1 | 1 | 2 * | 2 (2) | 1 | 9 | 0.62 | 8.74 | ||||||||||
Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.16 | 2.26 | ||||||||||||
Waukesha | 5 | 1 | 7 * | 1 | 14 | 0.25 | 3.55 | |||||||||||
Winnebago | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.25 | 3.54 | ||||||||||
Wood | 2 | 2 | 0.19 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||
Unknown | 1 * | 1 | 0.09 c | 1.28 | ||||||||||||||
Total Cases (n) | 46 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 239 | 0.3 | 4.24 |
Total Deaths (n) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.02 | 0.3 |
Annual Incidence | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.31 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.018 a | 0.3 | - | - |
Cumulative Incidence | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.92 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.19 | 4.24 | - | - |
Parameter | Moran’s I | p | Spatial Interpretation | Referring Figure |
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2002 Avians | 0.0449 | 0.486 | Random | Figure S1(A1) |
* 2002 Corvids | 0.159 | 0.0364 | Clustered | Figure S1(B1) |
2002 Equines | –0.0212 | 0.938 | Random | Figure S1(C1) |
2002 Humans | –0.00128 | 0.872 | Random | Figure S1(D1) |
* 2012 Avians | 0.201 | 0.00288 | Clustered | Figure S1(B2) |
* 2012 Corvids | 0.171 | 0.0264 | Clustered | Figure S1(B2) |
* 2012 Equines | –0.0463 | 0.0104 | Dispersed | Figure S1(C2) |
2012 Humans | 0.0914 | 0.194 | Random | Figure S1(D2) |
* All Years Avians | 0.256 | 0.00149 | Clustered | Figure 3A |
* All Years Corvids | 0.217 | 0.00748 | Clustered | Figure 3B |
* All Years Equines | 0.178 | 0.024 | Clustered | Figure 3C |
All Years Humans | 0.081 | 0.256 | Random | Figure 3D |
Linear Regression—Statewide | Logistic Regression—Statewide | ||||||||
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Parameters | All Avian Species | Corvids | Equines | Humans | All Avian Species | Corvids | Equines | Humans | |
Date (mm/yyyy) | + | − | Can Not Assess a | ||||||
County Population (n) | − | − | + | − | − | ||||
% of County | Agriculture | + | + | ||||||
Forest | + | − | |||||||
Grassland | + | + | + | ||||||
Shrubland | + | + | |||||||
Urban | + | + | − | + | + | + | |||
Water | + | + | − | ||||||
Wetland | + | + | + | + | |||||
Average Elevation (ft.) | + | + | − | ||||||
Maximum County Temperature (°F) | − | − | + | − | |||||
Total County Accumulation (in.) | + | − | − | − | |||||
Maximum County Daily Accumulation (in.) | − | + | |||||||
Mean County Temperature (°F) | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
Average County Daily Accumulation (in.) | − | + | − | − |
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Uelmen, J.A.; Brokopp, C.; Patz, J. A 15 Year Evaluation of West Nile Virus in Wisconsin: Effects on Wildlife and Human Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051767
Uelmen JA, Brokopp C, Patz J. A 15 Year Evaluation of West Nile Virus in Wisconsin: Effects on Wildlife and Human Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(5):1767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051767
Chicago/Turabian StyleUelmen, Johnny A., Charles Brokopp, and Jonathan Patz. 2020. "A 15 Year Evaluation of West Nile Virus in Wisconsin: Effects on Wildlife and Human Health" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 5: 1767. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051767