Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.

In addition to human encephalitis and meningitis cases, the West Nile (WN) virus outbreak in the summer and fall of 1999 in New York State resulted in bird deaths in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. From August to December 1999, 295 dead birds were laboratory-confirmed with WN virus infection;...

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Autores principales: Eidson, M, Komar, N, Sorhage, F, Nelson, R, Talbot, T, Mostashari, F, McLean, R
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11585521
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author Eidson, M
Komar, N
Sorhage, F
Nelson, R
Talbot, T
Mostashari, F
McLean, R
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Komar, N
Sorhage, F
Nelson, R
Talbot, T
Mostashari, F
McLean, R
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description In addition to human encephalitis and meningitis cases, the West Nile (WN) virus outbreak in the summer and fall of 1999 in New York State resulted in bird deaths in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. From August to December 1999, 295 dead birds were laboratory-confirmed with WN virus infection; 262 (89%) were American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). The New York State Department of Health received reports of 17,339 dead birds, including 5,697 (33%) crows; in Connecticut 1,040 dead crows were reported. Bird deaths were critical in identifying WN virus as the cause of the human outbreak and defining its geographic and temporal limits. If established before a WN virus outbreak, a surveillance system based on bird deaths may provide a sensitive method of detecting WN virus.
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spelling pubmed-26317752009-05-20 Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999. Eidson, M Komar, N Sorhage, F Nelson, R Talbot, T Mostashari, F McLean, R Emerg Infect Dis Research Article In addition to human encephalitis and meningitis cases, the West Nile (WN) virus outbreak in the summer and fall of 1999 in New York State resulted in bird deaths in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. From August to December 1999, 295 dead birds were laboratory-confirmed with WN virus infection; 262 (89%) were American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). The New York State Department of Health received reports of 17,339 dead birds, including 5,697 (33%) crows; in Connecticut 1,040 dead crows were reported. Bird deaths were critical in identifying WN virus as the cause of the human outbreak and defining its geographic and temporal limits. If established before a WN virus outbreak, a surveillance system based on bird deaths may provide a sensitive method of detecting WN virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2631775/ /pubmed/11585521 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Eidson, M
Komar, N
Sorhage, F
Nelson, R
Talbot, T
Mostashari, F
McLean, R
Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title_full Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title_fullStr Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title_full_unstemmed Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title_short Crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for West Nile virus in the northeastern United States, 1999.
title_sort crow deaths as a sentinel surveillance system for west nile virus in the northeastern united states, 1999.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11585521
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