The Department of Health and Senior Services is testing people meeting criteria established collegially with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Those criteria include testing blood and/or spinal fluid samples from people with a fever greater than 100 degrees and with altered mental status and with elevated levels of protein in their spinal fluid and/or with muscle weakness. Together, these symptoms are compatible with encephalitis, which can be caused by a number of viruses, including West Nile. Only a West Nile test can confirm or rule out West Nile virus infection. One should not assume that just because someone is being tested for West Nile they have the virus.
| ID No. | Age | County | Date of Onset of Symptoms | Test Results To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA-001 | 44 | Hudson | 5/6 | Negative for WNV |
| HA-002 | 36 | Monmouth | 5/1 | Pending |
| HA-003 | 6.5 | Mercer | 4/16 | Pending |
| HA-004 | 36 | Burlington | 5/8 | Patient Not Tested |
| HS-005 | 72 | Morris* | 3/1 | Negative for WNV |
| HA-006 | 20 | Ocean | 5/26 | Pending |
| HA-007 | 50 | Ocean | 6/2 | Pending |
| HA-008 | 31 | Bergen | 6/14 | Pending |
| HA-009 | 33 | Union | 6/17 | Pending |
| HA-010 | 56 | Burlington | 6/21 | Pending |
| HS-011 | 42 | Essex | 6/16 | Pending |
| HA-012 | 62 | Burlington | 6/20 | Pending |
| HS-013 | 35 | Bergen | 6/6 | Negative for WNV |
| HA-014 | 61 | Gloucester | 6/13 | Pending |
| HA-015 | 3mo | Atlantic | Unknown | Pending |
| HA-016 | 18 | Bergen | 6/26 | Pending |
* NJ resident tested in another state
