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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

Nicholas Komar*Comments to Author , Nicholas A. Panella*, Joseph E. Burns*, Stephen W. Dusza*, Tina M. Mascarenhas*, and Thomas O. Talbot†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; †New York State Department of Health, Troy, New York, USA

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Table 3

Flavivirus-neutralizing antibody in birds in Queens during September 1999, by species

Percent virus Ab pos. ([95% CI], no.)
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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