Volume 9, Number 7—July 2003
Dispatch
Serologic Evidence of West Nile Virus Transmission, Jamaica, West Indies
Alan P. Dupuis*
, Peter P. Marra†, and Laura D. Kramer*
, Peter P. Marra†, and Laura D. Kramer*Table 2
Ninety percent plaque reduction neutralization titers to West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, and Ilhéus virus in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reactive bird specimensa
| Field site | Species | ILHV | SLEV | WNV | Interpretation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica |
White-chinned thrush
(Turdus aurantius)b |
40 |
80 |
640 |
WNV |
|
| White-chinned thrush
(T. aurantius)b |
<40 |
<40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Jamaican elaenia (Myiopagis cotta)b |
<40 |
160 |
640 |
WNV |
||
| Bananaquit
(Coereba flaveola)b |
<40 |
80 |
160 |
Flavivirus |
||
| Loggerhead kingbird
(Tyrannus caudifasciatus)b |
<40 |
<40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Bananaquit (C. flaveola)b |
<40 |
<40 |
160 |
WNV |
||
| White-chinned thrush
(Turdus aurantius)b |
<40 |
40 |
>1,280 |
WNV |
||
| Bananaquit (C. flaveola)b |
<40 |
<40 |
80 |
WNV |
||
| Northern mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)b |
<40 |
<40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Caribbean dove
(Leptotila jamaicensis)b |
<40 |
>1,280 |
80 |
SLEV |
||
| Jamaican elaenia
(Myiopagis cotta)b |
<40 |
<40 |
160 |
WNV |
||
| Bananaquit (C. flaveola)b |
<40 |
40 |
80 |
Flavivirus |
||
| White-chinned thrush
(Turdus aurantius)b |
<40 |
40 |
640 |
WNV |
||
| Jamaican elaenia
(Myiopagis cotta)b |
<40 |
80 |
<40 |
SLEV |
||
| Common ground-dove
(Columbina passerina)b |
<40 |
<40 |
160 |
WNV |
||
| Caribbean dove
(Leptotila jamaicensis)b |
<40 |
<40 |
<40 |
Negative |
||
| Black-faced grassquit
(Tiaris bicolor)b |
<40 |
<40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Jamaican vireo
(Vireo modestus)b |
<40 |
<40 |
80 |
WNV |
||
| Manchester Parish (site 1), Jamaica |
Caribbean dove
(Leptotila jamaicensis)b |
<40 |
<40 |
80 |
WNV |
|
| Manchester Parish (site 2), Jamaica |
Black-faced grassquit
(Tiaris bicolor)b |
<40 |
<40 |
160 |
WNV |
|
| Jamaican oriole
(Icterus leucopteryx)b |
<40 |
160 |
>1,280 |
WNV |
||
| White-eyed thrush
(Turdus jamaicensis)b |
<40 |
<40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Orangequit
(Euneornis campestris)b |
<40 |
<40 |
40 |
Flavivirus |
||
| St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica |
Greater Antillean grackle
(Quiscalus niger)b |
40 |
160 |
160 |
Flavivirus |
|
| Loggerhead kingbird
(Tyrannus caudifasciatus)b |
80 |
320 |
320 |
Flavivirus |
||
| Golden warbler
(Dendroica petechia sp. )c |
<40 |
80 |
<40 |
SLEV |
||
| Northern waterthrush
(Seiurus noveboracensis)d |
<40 |
40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Yucatan State, Mexico |
Caribbean dove
(Leptotila jamaicensis)b |
<40 |
>=1280 |
80 |
SLEV |
|
| Yellow warbler
(Dendroica petechia)d |
<40 |
40 |
320 |
WNV |
||
| Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico | Prairie warbler
(Dendroica discolor)d |
<40 |
<40 |
<40 |
Negative |
|
| Golden warbler
(Dendroica petechia sp. )c |
<40 |
<40 |
<40 |
Negative |
||
| Pearly-eyed thrasher
(Margarops fuscatus)b |
<40 |
<40 |
<40 |
Negative |
||
| Caribbean elaenia
(Elaenia martinica)b |
<40 |
80 |
<40 |
SLEV |
||
| Black and white warbler (Mniotilta varia)c | <40 | 40 | >1,280 | WNV | ||
aILHV, Ilhéus virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; WNV, West Nile virus.
bResident bird.
cResident yellow warbler subspecies.
dMigrant bird.
