LITERACY AND SOUND LEARNING: STRATEGIES FOR THOUGHTFUL READING
CONCEPT MAP
found in
32 states
first found in
New York
feed on
infected birds
carried by
mosquitoes
not from
infected
animals
now in
Minnesota
ON
CA
US
TI
CA
ES
LO
moving west
and south
WEST NILE VIRUS
EF
TIO
N
1% get
encephalitis,
can die
EN
FE
EV
CT
S
PR
infects birds,
horses, people
100 types of
birds have it,
not poultry
elderly and
weak immune
systems
like flu: high
fever, headache,
convulsions
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long-sleeved
clothes, avoid
outdoors dawn
and dusk, insect
repellant
kills a third of
unvaccinated
horses
low risk to
people
horses
should have
vaccinations
no treatment