Progression of the West Nile Virus Through the Continental United States

  • Released Wednesday, October 9th, 2002
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:57PM
  • ID: 2564

This visualization shows the east to west spread of West Nile Virus across the continental United States from 1999 through 2002. The years are represented by different colors.
This visualization was created in support of a story describing how NASA is assisting the CDC and EPA in tracking the spread of West Nile Virus.

Animation showing east to west progression of West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus propogation map

West Nile Virus propogation map

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Progression of West Nile Virus Through the Continental US (1999-2002).'

Slate title from video tape reads, 'Progression of West Nile Virus Through the Continental US (1999-2002).'

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

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Datasets used in this visualization

Terra (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
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Terra and Aqua BMNG (A.K.A. Blue Marble: Next Generation) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

Dataset can be found at: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

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CENSUS State Boundaries
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US West Nile Virus Cases
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