Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
Serologic Evidence for West Nile Virus Infection in Birds in the New York City Vicinity During an Outbreak in 1999
Table 3
Percent virus Ab pos. ([95% CI], no.) |
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Common Name | Total tested | WN | FLAV |
Canada Goose | 7 | 28.6 ([3.6-71.0], 2) | 14.2 ([0.3-57.4], 1) |
Domestic Goose | 7 | 85.7 ([42.1-99.6], 6) | 0 |
Mallard/Domestic Duck | 16 | 6.3 ([0.2-34.8], 1) | 0 |
Domestic Chicken | 141 | 63.1 [54.6-71.1], 89) | 0 |
Turkey | 3 | 66.7 ([9.4-99.2], 2) | 33.3 ([0.8-90.6], 1) |
Mourning Dove | 1 | 100.0 ([2.5-100.0], 1) | 0 |
Rock Dove | 49 | 26.5 ([14.9-41.1], 13) | 2.0 ([0.05-11.4], 1) |
American Robin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 | 50.0 ([6.8-93.2], 2) | 0 |
House Sparrow | 20 | 60.0 ([36.1-80.9], 12) | 0 |
European Starling | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ab: antibody; CI: confidence interval; WN: West Nile; FLAV: flavivirus.
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