TY - JOUR AU - Komar, Nicholas AU - Panella, Nicholas AU - Boyce, Edward T1 - Exposure of Domestic Mammals to West Nile Virus during an Outbreak of Human Encephalitis, New York City, 1999 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 736 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for WN virus- neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sentinels for local WN virus activity and predictors of the infection in humans. KW - arbovirus KW - New York City KW - horse KW - dog KW - cat KW - West Nile virus KW - flavivirus KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0704.017424 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7424_article ER - End of Reference