H1N1, the swine flu virus that dominated the news for a few months, has all but dropped off the news, so as if to take its place there’s West Nile virus.

As you may have noticed, Maricopa County just reported a case of a woman having contracted the virus.

A few good pieces of coverage.

• KJZZ did a short segment last week
• Arizona Republic has some good background
• CDC has a good map that breaks down the number of cases in 2008
• Maricopa County has a chart with the breakdown of 2008 infections + deaths

But not many people know that three years ago, Decision Theater participated in an exercise to map the spread of West Nile, working with the Arizona Department of Health. The 3d spatial map that became a visual and statistical analysis tool.

More details here – opens a PDF