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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 2

Summary of birds tested for West Nile virus in New York during the 2000 seasona

Epicenter
 Non-epicenter
Common name No. tested % WN virus positive No. tested % WN virus positive
American Crow 907 67 780 23
Fish Crow 31 55 14 29
Blue Jay 191 40 309 23
Cooper's Hawk 11 27 19 32
Sharp-shinned Hawk <10 NAb 14 36
American Robin 11 9 59 22
House Sparrow 107 8 20 40
European Starling 15 7 <10 NA
Common Grackle 27 7 26 19
Gray Catbird <10 NA 16 25
Ovenbird <10 NA 12 75
Common Yellow Throat 19 0 <10 NA
Mallard <10 NA 12 0
Ring-billed Gull <10 NA 66 32
Great Blue Heron <10 NA 28 7
Rock Dove 16 0 25 28
Mourning Dove <10 NA 77 19
Ring-necked Pheasant <10 NA 15 27
Chicken <10 NA 10 30
Ruffed Grouse <10 NA 130 21
Great Horned Owl <10 NA 15 20
Totalc 1,502 51 1,901 23

aSeason defined as May 15, 2000, through October 31, 2000. Bird species were included only if at least 10 birds were tested for one of the regions throughout the season.
bNA = not applicable because of the low number of birds tested.
cAll birds tested in each region throughout the season.

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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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