Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California.

Emerg Infect Dis

Center for Vectorborne Diseases, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Old Davis Rd, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

Published: November 2008

Adjustable rate mortgages and the downturn in the California housing market caused a 300% increase in notices of delinquency in Bakersfield, Kern County. This led to large numbers of neglected swimming pools, which were associated with a 276% increase in the number of human West Nile virus cases during the summer of 2007.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2630753PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1411.080719DOI Listing

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