Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Dispatch
West Nile Virus Detection in American Crows
Table
Results of West Nile virus testing of American Crow fecal, saliva, and tissue samples
Sample no. | VecTesta | RT-PCR TaqManb |
---|---|---|
1 |
+ |
+ |
2 |
+ |
+ |
3 |
+ |
+ |
4 |
+ |
+ |
5 |
+ |
+ |
6 |
+ |
+ |
7 |
+ |
+ |
8 |
+ |
+ |
9 |
+ |
- |
10 |
+ |
- |
11 |
- |
- |
12 |
+ |
+ |
13 |
+ |
+ |
14 |
+ |
+ |
15 | + | - |
aVecTest West Nile virus/Saint Louis encephalitis virus Antigen Panel Assay (Medical Analysis Systems Inc., Camarillo, CA).
bReverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Taqman (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA).