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

William K Reisen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Nov.

Abstract

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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Figure 1

Notice of delinquency (NOD) and notice of sale (NOS) for homes in Kern County and California by quarter (Q) per year, 2005–2007.

Figure 2

Aerial photograph of a representative Bakersfield, California, neighborhood taken during August 2007. Red arrows indicate neglected or green swimming pools. Letters (F, G, H, J) are photographic reference points.

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