Volume 10, Number 12—December 2004
Dispatch
West Nile Virus Viremia in Wild Rock Pigeons
Andrew B. Allison*
, Daniel G. Mead*, Samantha E. J. Gibbs*, Douglas M. Hoffman†, and David E. Stallknecht*
, Daniel G. Mead*, Samantha E. J. Gibbs*, Douglas M. Hoffman†, and David E. Stallknecht*Table 2
West Nile virus (WNV) viremia titers of free-ranging rock pigeons from northwest rail yard, Fulton County, Georgia, 2002–2003
| Bird ID no. | Collection date | Log10 PFU/mL |
|---|---|---|
| 3309a | 8/22/2002 | 2.3 |
| 3316 | 8/22/2002 | 5.3 |
| 3325 | 8/22/2002 | 4.4 |
| 3494 | 8/22/2002 | 3.4 |
| 3498 | 8/22/2002 | 3.5 |
| 3518 | 8/22/2002 | 3.3 |
| 3524 | 8/22/2002 | 2.2 |
| 4025 | 7/30/2003 | 4.4 |
| 4070 | 7/30/2003 | 4.4 |
| 4288 | 9/5/2003 | 3.6 |
| 5206b | 9/5/2003 | 7.2 |
aHatch-year bird; all other viremic pigeons were identified as adults.
bDied from a pigeon paramyxovirus-1 infection 11 days postcapture; virus identification of serum isolate as WNV was confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction of extracted RNA from serum and neutralization assays using Newcastle disease virus and WNV-specific antisera.
