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At 12:49 PM 1/22/2006, Sherman wrote:

> Mosquitoes acquire the virus from infected birds, and then transmit 
> the virus to people and/or horses. Humans & animals are NOT 
> contagious, the mosquitoes must acquire it from infected birds. So 
> WNV should not be included in the statement below.
>
> Kathy
>
> That's why I put that separately, under "Diseases that horses can 
> give to humans through vectors (mosquitos, etc)"

Yes, WNV is not a contagious disease, but it is a communicable 
disease that, if a horse was infected with it, would present a risk 
to humans.  If  I lived in an area that had no evidence of WNV and 
someone brought a horse in known to have WNV, for sure I'd be a 
little concerned about becoming infected.  Since we were discussing 
reasons for NAIS, vector driven diseases could be pertinent to that issue. 


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