Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2005)

West Nile Virus Detection in Kidney, Cloacal, and Nasopharyngeal Specimens

  • Ojimadu A. Ohajuruka,
  • Richard L. Berry,
  • Sheila Grimes,
  • Susanne Farkas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.050016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 9
pp. 1437 – 1439

Abstract

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We compared kidney tissue samples and cloacal and nasopharyngeal swab samples from field-collected dead crows and blue jays for West Nile virus surveillance. Compared to tissue samples, 35% more swab samples were false negative. Swab samples were usually positive only when the corresponding tissue sample was strongly positive.

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