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UPDATES TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
The following updates were made to CDC
information and guidance
during the period of June 25-July 2, 2004, or reflect this week’s
current events. If you have any questions on these or other clinical
issues, please call our toll-free Clinician Information Line at
877-554-4625 or write to us at
coca@cdc.gov.
SMALLPOX
Evaluate a Rash Illness Suspicious for Smallpox
This is an updated tool to help with the evaluation of a rash illness
suspicious for smallpox to be used only when there is no release or
circulation of smallpox.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/diagnosis/riskalgorithm/index.asp
WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV)
2004 WNV Activity in the United States
Provides updated information on West Nile virus activity in the
United States. Fifty-seven human cases have been reported to
CDC this season as of June 29, 2004. Of the 57 cases, 19 were
reported as West Nile fever, 35 were reported as West Nile
meningitis or encephalitis (neuroinvasive disease), and 3 were
clinically unspecified. One death was also reported during this time
period.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/surv&controlCaseCount04_detailed.htm
The Physicians’ Information and Education
Resource (PIER)
Guidance Statement Information on West Nile virus:
New clinical guidelines for the management of
WNV are now available
on CDC’s West Nile virus Web page.
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