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Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus Infection in Birds and Mosquitoes, New York State, 2000

Kristen A. Bernard*, Joseph G. Maffei*, Susan A. Jones*, Elizabeth B. Kauffman*, Gregory D. Ebel*, Alan P. Dupuis*, Kiet A. Ngo*, David C. Nicholas*, Donna M. Young*, Pei-Yong Shi*, Varuni L. Kulasekera†, Millicent Eidson*, Dennis J. White*, Ward B. Stone‡, Laura D. Kramer*, and NY State West Nile Virus Surveillance Team
Author affiliations: *New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA; †New York City Department of Health, New York, New York, USA; ‡Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, New York, USA

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Table 1

Birds positive for West Nile virus in New York State during the 2000 seasona

Order Family Common name No. tested % positive
Anseriformes Anatidae Domestic Goose 2 50
Canada Goose 15 33
Mute Swan 3 33
Apodiformes Trochilidae Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 20
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgidae Common Nighthawk 2 50
Charadriiformes Charadriidae Killdeer 3 33
Laridae Herring Gull 9 33
Ring-billed Gull 66 32
Greater Black-backed Gull 7 29
Rynchopidae Black Skimmer 1 100
Scolopacidae Ruddy Turnstone 1 100
Ciconiiformes Ardeidae Least Bittern 1 100
Green Heron 3 33
Great Blue Heron 29 10
Columbiformes Columbidae Mourning Dove 83 19
Rock Dove 41 17
Coraciiformes Alcedinidae Belted Kingfisher 6 33
Falconiformes Accipitridae Red-tailed Hawk 14 43
Sharp-shinned Hawk 17 35
Cooper's Hawk 30 30
Broad-winged Hawk 7 14
Falconidae Merlin 5 100
American Kestrel 14 57
Galliformes Meleagrididae Domestic Turkey 1 100
Eastern Wild Turkey 3 67
Phasianidae Peacock 8 25
Ring-necked Pheasant 16 25
Tetraonidae Chicken 14 29
Ruffed Grouse 131 21
Gruiformes Rallidae Virginia Rail 2 50
Passeriformes Bombycillidae Cedar Waxwing 10 60
Corvidae Fish Crow 45 47
American Crow 1687 47
Blue Jay 500 29
Fringillidae Zebra Finch 1 100
Song Sparrow 5 60
American Goldfinch 4 50
House Finch 8 38
Cardinal 3 33
Icteridae Red-winged Blackbird 6 17
Common Grackle 53 13
Mimidae Gray Catbird 22 23
Northern Mockingbird 10 20
Parulidae Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 100
Canada Warbler 1 100
Warbler 1 100
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 100
Ovenbird 18 50
Ploceidae House Sparrow 127 13
Sturnidae European Starling 23 17
Turdidae Veery 3 33
Eastern Bluebird 4 25
American Robin 74 22
Wood Thrush 5 20
Tyrannidae Eastern Phoebe 2 50
Pelecaniformes Phalacrocoracidae Cormorant 2 100
Double Crested Cormorant 2 50
Psittaciformes Cacatuidae Cockatoo 1 100
Cockatiel 5 60
Psittacidae Macaw 1 100
Parakeet 9 22
Strigiformes Strigidae Snowy Owl 2 100
Great Horned Owl 16 19

aSeason defined as May 15, 2000, through October 31, 2000.

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1P. Bryon Backenson, Ivan Gotham, Yoichiro Hagiwara, Geraldine S. Johnson, Gary Lukacik, Kathryn Schmit, and Amy L. Willsey, Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health

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