TY - JOUR AU - Jourdain, Elsa AU - Gauthier-Clerc, Michel AU - Sabatier, Philippe AU - Grège, Océane AU - Greenland, Timothy AU - Leblond, Agnès AU - Lafaye, Murielle AU - Zeller, Hervé G. T1 - Magpies as Hosts for West Nile Virus, Southern France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 158 SN - 1080-6059 AB - European magpies (Pica pica) from southern France were tested for antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV) and viral shedding in feces during spring–autumn 2005. Results suggest that this peridomestic species may be a suitable sentinel species and a relevant target for additional investigations on WNV ecology in Europe. KW - West Nile virus KW - Pica pica KW - common magpie KW - serosurvey KW - viral shedding KW - sentinel bird KW - dispatch KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1401.070630 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/1/07-0630_article ER - End of Reference