West Nile Virus
1. Mosquito Bytes
http://whyfiles.org/016skeeter/index.html
2. West Nile Information from the National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/news/westnile.htm
3. West Nile Information from the Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
4. West Nile Virus Maps 2002
http://cindi.usgs.gov/hazard/event/west_nile/west_nile.html
5. What's Going on with the West Nile Virus?
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/erap/WNV/
6. Mosquito Zoom [Flash]
http://www.londonweb.net/mosquito/
7. Mosquitoes: How to Control Them
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/citizens/mosquito.htm
8. Comparative Efficacy of Insect Repellents Against Mosquito Bites
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/1/13
The first Web site (1) is one of the latest entertaining feature stories from the Why Files, which covers mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, including the West Nile Virus. Part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases provides fact sheets and articles about the virus in this straightforward Web site (2), while a similar Web site (3) from the Centers for Disease Control offers more information about the disease, prevention measures, and more. The next Web site (4), from the US Geological Survey, contains frequently updated maps of the spread of West Nile Virus in birds; humans; and its vector, the mosquito. Cornell University's Center for the Environment offers the latest news about the virus in this Web site (5). Get a close look at a mosquito in this scanning electron micrograph image provided by London Web Communications, using pictures from the Museum of Science, Boston (6). The US Environmental Protection Agency provides this Web site (7) reviewing mosquito-borne diseases, the mosquito life cycle, and mosquito population control measures. The final Web site (8) is an article from the New England Journal of Medicine regarding a comparative study of insect repellents. [RS]
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