Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2005)

Rapid West Nile Virus Antigen Detection

  • Nicholas A. Panella,
  • Kristen L. Burkhalter,
  • Stanley A. Langevin,
  • Aaron C. Brault,
  • Lynn M. Schooley,
  • Brad J. Biggerstaff,
  • Roger S. Nasci,
  • Nicholas Komar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.040394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 10
pp. 1633 – 1635

Abstract

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We compared the VecTest WNV antigen assay with standard methods of West Nile virus (WNV) detection in swabs from American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). The VecTest detected WNV more frequently than the plaque assay and was comparable to a TaqMan reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction.

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