TY - JOUR AU - Yaremych, Sarah A. AU - Warner, Richard E. AU - Mankin, Phil C. AU - Brawn, Jeff D. AU - Raim, Arlo AU - Novak, Robert T1 - West Nile Virus and High Death Rate in American Crows T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 4 SP - 709 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We document effects of West Nile virus (WNV) on American Crows. More than two thirds of our crows died of WNV infection, peaking when the proportion of infected mosquitoes at roosts was greatest. WNV antibody prevalence in crows was low. Local ecologic effects can be dramatic as WNV inhabits new areas. KW - American Crow KW - West Nile virus KW - flavivirus KW - avian diseases KW - mortality KW - reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction KW - immunohistochemistry KW - blocking ELISA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1004.030499 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/4/03-0499_article ER - End of Reference