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.
| Age | County | Date of Onset of Symptoms | Test Results To Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Essex | 7/16 | Negative |
| 2.5 | Middlesex | 7/1 | Negative |
| 43 | Essex | 7/2 | Negative |
| 37 | Bergen | 7/3 | Negative |
| 62 | Monmouth | 7/20 | Negative |
| 41 | Essex | 7/21 | Pending |
| 55 | Monmouth | 7/30 | Pending |
| 56 | Burlington | 7/21 | Negative |
| 44 | Passaic | 8/1 | Negative |
| 43 | Hudson | 8/6 | Positive* |
| 60 | Ocean | 7/31 | Pending |
| 27 | Essex | 8/4 | Negative |
| 15 | Bergen | 8/9 | Pending |
| 45 | Essex | 8/5 | Negative |
| 9 | Hudson | 8/10 | Pending |
| 40 | Atlantic | 8/16 | Pending |
| 71 | Union | 8/21 | Pending |
| 37 | Monmouth | 8/24 | Pending |
| 64 | Mercer | 8/14 | Pending |
| 39 | Bergen | 8/2 | Negative |
| 57 | Sussex | 9/3 | Pending |
| 54 | Mercer | 8/29 | Pending |
