Antibody Prevalence, Birds, 2002, IL (EID June04)

Antibody Prevalence of West Nile Virus in Birds, Illinois, 2002

Adam M. Ringia, Bradley J. Blitvich, Hyun-Young Koo, Marshall Van de
Wyngaerde, Jeff D. Brawn, and Robert J. Novak
Emerging Infectious Diseases. June 2004.
Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-0644.htm

Abstract: Antibodies to West Nile virus were detected in 94 of 1,784
Illinois birds during 2002. Captive and urban birds had higher
seropositivity than did birds from natural areas, and northern and
central Illinois birds' seropositivity was greater than that from
birds from the southern sites. Adult and hatch-year exposure rates
did not differ significantly.

Ringia and Novak are with the Illinois Natural History Survey,
Champaign, Illinois, USA. Others are at Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, Colorado, and University of Illinois, Champaign,
Illinois.

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