Comparative West Nile Virus Detection in Organs of Naturally Infected American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Widespread deaths of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) were associated with the 1999 outbreak of West Nile (WN) virus in the New York City region. We compared six organs from 20 crow carcasses as targets for WN virus detection. Half the carcasses had at least one positive test result for WN vir...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A. Panella, Amy J. Kerst, Robert S. Lanciotti, Patricia Bryant, Bruce Wolf, Nicholas Komar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7430_article