West Nile Virus Serologic Evidence for West Nile Virus Infection in Birds in the New York City Vicinity During an Outbreak in 1999

• Main Authors: Nicholas Komar, Nicholas A. Panella, Joseph E. Burns, Stephen W. Dusza, Tina M. Mascarenhas, Thomas O. Talbot
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; St. Louis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.358.6758

As part of an investigation of an encephalitis outbreak in New York City, we sampled 430 birds, representing 18 species in four orders, during September 13-23, 1999, in Queens and surrounding counties. Overall, 33 % were positive for West Nile (WN) virus-neutralizing antibodies, and 0.5 % were posit...