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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Dispatch

Bourbon Virus Transmission, New York, USA

Alan P. Dupuis1Comments to Author , Melissa A. Prusinski1, Collin O’Connor, Joseph G. Maffei, Cheri A. Koetzner, Tela E. Zembsch, Steven D. Zink, Alexis L. White, Michael P. Santoriello, Christopher L. Romano, Guang Xu, Fumiko Ribbe, Scott R. Campbell, Stephen M. Rich, P. Bryon Backenson, Laura D. Kramer, and Alexander T. Ciota
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, USA (A.P. Dupuis II, J.G. Maffei, C.A. Koetzner, S.D. Zink, L.D. Kramer, A.T. Ciota); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (M.A. Prusinski, C. O’Connor, T.E. Zembsch, P.B. Backenson); Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Yaphank, New York, USA (A.L. White, M.P. Santoriello, C.L. Romano, S.R. Campbell); University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (G. Xu, F. Ribbe, S.M. Rich); State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany (L.D. Kramer, A.T. Ciota)

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Table 2

Plaque reduction neutralization test results for Bourbon virus in white-tailed deer specimen samples, New York, NY, USA

Region Years sampled No. samples No. (%) positive
Northern New York 2020, 2021 7 0
Western New York 2020, 2021 132 5 (3.8)
Central New York 2019–2021 80 1 (1.2)
Hudson Valley
2019–2021
176
3 (1.7)
Long Island* 2019–2021 486 323 (66.5)
Brookhaven 2019–2021 291 199 (68.4)
Islip 2021 15 9 (60.0)
Riverhead 2019, 2020 3 1 (33.3)
Shelter Island 2019, 2020 140 85 (60.7)
Southampton 2019, 2020 4 4 (100.0)
Fire Island† 2020 33 25 (75.8)

*Townships are listed for Suffolk County, Long Island. †Fire Island occupies 2 townships but is treated as a single entity for this study.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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