Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2004)

Corvidae Feather Pulp and West Nile Virus Detection

  • Douglas E. Docherty,
  • Renee Romaine Long,
  • Kathryn M. Griffin,
  • Emi K. Saito

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030825
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 5
pp. 907 – 909

Abstract

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We evaluated cloacal swab, vascular pulp of flight feather, and kidney and spleen pool samples from carcasses of members of the family Corvidae as sources of West Nile virus (WNV). The cloacal swab, kidney and spleen pool, and feather pulp, respectively, were the source of WNV in 38%, 43%, and 77% of the carcasses.

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