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

• Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Nicholas Komar, Nicholas A. Panella, Joseph E. Burns, Stephen W. Dusza, Tina M. Mascarenhas, Thomas O. Talbot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
• Subjects: Arbovirus; Flaviviridae; west nile virus; wnv; birds; New York; Medicine; R; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Canada; St. Louis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0704.017403; https://doaj.org/article/b45ef0259f5542b6b962292da98ad48e

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 positiv...