Abstract
Adjustable rate mortgages and the downturn in the California housing market caused a 300% increase in notices of delinquency in Bakersfield, Kern County. This led to large numbers of neglected swimming pools, which were associated with a 276% increase in the number of human West Nile virus cases during the summer of 2007.
Highlights
The Study An outbreak with 140 laboratory-confirmed human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) was centered in the Bakersfield area of Kern County, California, during 2007
Careful examination of service requests for mosquito control made to the Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District (KMVCD) and an aerial survey of Bakersfield showed an extensive number of green or neglected pools, most of which were producing mosquitoes
Ongoing surveillance continues to monitor the extent of this problem in Kern County and throughout California and its affect on the ongoing WNV epidemic
Summary
Adjustable rate mortgages and the downturn in the California housing market caused a 300% increase in notices of delinquency in Bakersfield, Kern County. The Study An outbreak with 140 laboratory-confirmed human cases of WNV was centered in the Bakersfield area of Kern County, California, during 2007 (incidence = 17.5/100,000 population). Encephalitis virus outbreak in Kern County since the 1952 epidemic of western equine encephalitis virus (5) and represented a 205%–280% increase in the numbers of confirmed WNV cases observed since 2004 (6).
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