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Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Wild Birds from Northern Europe
- 1.0357310 - ÚBO 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Jourdain, E. - Olsen, B. - Lundkvist, A. - Hubálek, Zdeněk - Šikutová, Silvie - Waldenström, J. - Karlsson, M. - Wahlström, M. - Jozan, M. - Falk, K. I.
Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Wild Birds from Northern Europe.
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Roč. 11, č. 1 (2011), s. 77-79. ISSN 1530-3667. E-ISSN 1557-7759
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : Antibodies * Migratory birds * Sweden * West Nile
Subject RIV: FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology
Impact factor: 2.437, year: 2011
A total of 1935 migratory birds from 104 different species were captured in southeastern Sweden in 2005-2006 and tested for antibodies against West Nile virus (WNV). Overall, 46 birds (2.4%; binomial confidence limits, 1.8-3.2) were positive by blocking-ELISA, but only 2 (0.10%; binomial confidence limits, 0.0-0.4) had antibodies detectable by both blocking-ELISA and WNV neutralization test. ELISA-positive birds included long-and short-distance migrants likely exposed to WNV while wintering in or migrating through areas enzootic for WNV. Exposure to a cross-reactive Flavivirus was suspected for short-distance migrants of the Turdidae family, but no cross-neutralization with tick-borne encephalitis and Usutu viruses was observed.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0195619
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