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Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004

Dispatch

West Nile Virus, Guadeloupe

René Quirin*, Michel Salas†, Stéphan Zientara‡, Hervé Zeller§, Jacques Labie‡, Séverine Murri§, Thierry Lefrançois*, Martial Petitclerc†, and Dominique Martinez*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, French West Indies; †Direction des Services Vétérinaires de Guadeloupe, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies; ‡Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, Maison Alfort, France; and §Institut Pasteur, Lyon, France

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Table 1

West Nile virus IgGa antibody prevalence in horses in seven equine centers, Guadeloupe and Marie Galante, July 2002–January 2003

Place No. tested July 2002 Positive Prevalence % No. tested Jan 2003 Positive Prevalence % Seroconversion rate %
A
 25
 1
 4.0
 23
 14
 60.9
 59.1
B
 51
 2
 3.9
 44
 27
 61.4
 59.5
C
 7
 2
 28.6
 7
 5
 71.4
 60.0
D
 13
 5
 38.5
 12
 7
 58.3
 28.5
E
10b
 2
 20.0
F
2b
 2
 100.0
G
 4
 0
 0.0
 5
 3
 60.0
 60.0
H
 7
 0
 0.0
 9
 3
 33.3
 33.3
I
 6
 0
 0.0
 24
 5
 20.8
 20.8
Total 113 10 8.8 136 68 50.0

     aIgG, immunoglobulin G.
     bImported after July 2002.

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