Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2002)

Detection by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Antibodies to West Nile virus in Birds

  • Gregory D. Ebel,
  • Alan P. Dupuis,
  • David Nicholas,
  • Donna Young,
  • Joseph Maffei,
  • Laura D. Kramer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020152
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. 979 – 982

Abstract

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We adapted an indirect immunoglobulin G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to facilitate studies of West Nile virus (WNV) and evaluated its application to taxonomically diverse avian species. Anti-WNV antibodies were detected in 23 bird species, including many exotic species, demonstrating its value in studies of WNV epizootiology.

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