Re: WNV in Birds, W. Siberia 2003 (2)

At 11:55 PM 4/29/2004 -0400, Environmental Risk Analysis Program wrote:
>Excerpted from Monday, April 26, 2004 ProMED-mail posting (ID 20040426.1162)
>
>In summer 2003, WNV was found in 2 species of birds collected in the
>south of Western Siberia. 32 samples (18 birds were dead) were
>collected in the Karasuk region of the Novosibirsk province and were
>analyzed by anti-WNV monoclonal antibody-modified immunoenzyme assay
>(EIA) for antigen detection and by reverse transcriptase polymerase
>chain reaction (RT-PCR).
>
>2 positive samples (EIA and RT-PCR positive) from rooks (_Corvus
>frugilegus_) [crow family] and 2 positive samples from grey crow
>(_Corvus tristis_) were found to be infected with WNV.

Corvus tristis, the Grey Crow, is restricted to New Guinea, so
something is wrong here. I am guessing this refers to Hooded Crow,
Corvus (corone) cornix.

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Kevin J. McGowan
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kjm2@cornell.edu
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