The Department of Health 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
| Age | County | Date of Onset of Symptoms | Test Results To Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Onset | Test Results | |||
| Age | County | of Symptoms | To Date | |
| 1 | 64 | Essex | 7/16 | Negative |
| 2 | 2.5 | Middlesex | 7/1 | Negative |
| 3 | 43 | Essex | 7/2 | Negative |
| 4 | 37 | Bergen | 7/3 | Negative |
| 5 | 62 | Monmouth | 7/20 | Negative |
| 6 | 41 | Essex | 7/21 | Negative |
| 7 | 55 | Monmouth | 7/30 | Negative |
| 8 | 56 | Burlington | 7/21 | Negative |
| 9 | 44 | Passaic | 8/1 | Negative |
| 10 | 43 | Hudson | 8/6 | Positive |
| 11 | 60 | Ocean | 7/31 | Pending |
| 12 | 27 | Essex | 8/4 | Negative |
| 13 | 15 | Bergen | 8/9 | Negative |
| 14 | 45 | Essex | 8/5 | Negative |
| 15 | 9 | Hudson | 8/10 | Negative |
| 16 | 40 | Atlantic | 8/16 | Negative |
| 17 | 71 | Union | 8/21 | Pending |
| 18 | 37 | Monmouth | 8/24 | Pending |
| 19 | 64 | Mercer | 8/14 | Pending |
| 20 | 39 | Bergen | 8/2 | Negative |
| 21 | 57 | Sussex | 9/3 | Negative |
| 22 | 54 | Mercer | 8/29 | Pending |
| 23 | 6 | Hudson | 8/15 | Pending |
| 24 | 6.5 | Bergen | 8/30 | Pending |
| 25 | 72 | Hudson | 9/1 | Positive |
| 26 | 65 | Essex | Unk | Pending |
| 27 | 82 | Passaic | 9/3 | Positive |
| 28 | 76 | Morris | 8/27 | Pending |
| 29 | 30 | Bergen | 8/26 | Pending |
| 30 | 19 | Bergen | 9/11 | Pending |
| 31 | 54 | Bergen/ Brooklyn | 8/31 | Positive |
| 32 | 40 | Bergen | 9/5 | Pending |
| 33 | 71 | Bergen | 9/12 | Pending |
| 34 | 67 | Hudson | 9/8 | Pending |
| 35 | 76 | Essex | 8/29 | Pending |
| 36 | 78 | Morris | 8/23 | Negative |
| 37 | 37 | Monmouth | 9/11 | Pending |
| 38 | 13 | Middlesex | 9/17 | Pending |
| 39 | 24 | Hudson | 9/21 | Pending |
| 40 | 35 | Essex | 9/24 | Pending |
| 41 | 61 | Essex | 9/26 | Pending |
| 42 | 54 | Sussex | 9/1 | Pending |
