Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
Widespread West Nile Virus Activity, Eastern United States, 2000
Table 2
Species/genus | Common name | No. reported | % of all infected birds |
---|---|---|---|
Corvus spp. | Crows | 3,824 | 88.8 |
Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jays | 196 | 4.6 |
Accipiter and Buteo spp. | Hawks | 30 | 0.7 |
Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse | 27 | 0.6 |
Larus spp. | Gulls | 26 | 0.6 |
Passer domesticus | House Sparrows | 20 | 0.5 |
Turdus migratorius | American Robins | 20 | 0.5 |
Zenaida macroura | Mourning Doves | 17 | 0.4 |
Falco spp. | Falcons | 14 | 0.3 |
46 other species | Mixed | 131 | 3.0 |
aNew Jersey collected and tested only Corvus species during 2000.
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tammie Hilger, John E. Jones, Jennifer A. Lehman, Kimlea Medlin, Tim Morris, Mindy J. Perilla, Suzanne Sutliff, David Withum; New Jersey: Faye Sorhage, Christina Tan; Maine: Geoff Beckett, Kathleen Gensheimer; New Hampshire: Jesse Greenblatt, Jose Montero; Vermont: Peter Galbraith, Patsy Tassler; Massachusetts: Alfred DeMaria, Bela Matyas, Ralph Timperi; Rhode Island: Utpala Bandy, Tara Breslosky; Connecticut: Theodore Andreadis, Matthew Cartter, Tara McCarthy,; New York (state): Bryon Backenson, Yoichiro Hagiwara, Laura Kramer, Dale Morse, Barbara Wallace, Dennis White, Amy Willsey, Susan Wong; New York City: Bryan Cherry, Annie Fine, Jackie Kellachan, Varuni Kulakasera, Iqbal Poshni; Pennsylvania: James Rankin; Delaware: Leroy Hathcock, Dave Wolfe; Maryland: Jeffrey Roche; Virginia: Suzanne Jenkins; Washington, D.C.: Martin Levy; North Carolina: J. Newton MacCormack; South Carolina: Jerry Gibson; Georgia: Paul Blake, Stacey Kramer, Susan Lance-Parker; Florida: Lisa Conti, Richard S. Hopkins, Robin Oliveri; Alabama: J.P. Lofgren, Charles H. Woernle; Mississippi: Mary Currier, Sally Slavinski; Louisiana: Karen Kelso; and Texas: Julie Rawlings.