Public Health Preparedness | West Nile Virus

091109 ISDH- West Nile Virus Still a Concern

West Nile Virus—The Importance of Early Diagnosis and Understanding Disease Dynamics for Private Practice and Hospital-based Physicians

SYNOPSIS

• Signs and symptoms of WNV—and when to suspect it even in atypical patients
• WNV Epidemiology directs appropriate patient intervention (awareness, testing, timely diagnosis)
• WNV strikes individuals of all ages—insights on special at-risk populations
• WNV survivors share their stories, insights and chronic symptoms
• Public Health recommendations for preventing exposure to WNV that private practice and hospital-based physicians can help patients understand and implement
• Q&A

• Thursday September 4, 2008 3:00 PM EDT

For more information about this program, please contact:
 
Jenifer Nelson
Emergency Management Program Director
Indiana Primary Health Care Association
Phone: (317) 630-0845
Fax:     (317) 630-0849
jnelson@indianapca.org