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HEHS-00-142R 1 (2000-06-23)

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        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States General Accounting Office                                    Health, Education, and
Washington, DC 20548                                                     Human Services Division


           B-285709

           June 23, 2000

           The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
           The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
           United States Senate

           The Honorable Gary L. Ackerman
           The Honorable Joseph Crowley
           The Honorable Eliot L. Engel
           The Honorable Vito J. Fossella
           The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney
           The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler
           The Honorable Major R. Owens
           The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
           The Honorable Jose E. Serrano
           The Honorable Edolphus Towns
           The Honorable Anthony D. Weiner
           House of Representatives

           Subject: West Nile Virus: Preliminary Information on Lessons Learned

           At your request we are performing a review of the lessons learned from the 1999
           outbreak of West Nile virus in New York City and surrounding areas, for bioterrorism
           preparedness and related public health policies. This letter, as requested by your office,
           provides information on our progress to date and our preliminary findings.

           We are currently completing fieldwork for this assignment, including interviews with and
           documentation gathering from key officials and agencies involved in the identification of
           and response to the outbreak last fall. These parties include: the infectious disease
           physician in northern Queens who first reported the unusual illnesses; city and state
           health department and emergency preparedness officials who responded to the report;
           Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) epidemiological, emergency
           preparedness and other officials involved in the outbreak; federal, state, and academic
           laboratories contributing to the identification of the virus including the laboratories of the
           Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Army, and the University of
           California, Irvine; wildlife and zoo officials who tracked the virus's impact on birds, and
           others. Our work is designed to provide information on


GAO/HEHS -00- 142R West Nile Virus

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