Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 77-79Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0028
Keywords
Antibodies; Migratory birds; Sweden; West Nile
Funding
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Research Council FORMAS
- French Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
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A total of 1935 migratory birds from 104 different species were captured in southeastern Sweden in 2005-2006 and tested for antibodies against West Nile virus (WNV). Overall, 46 birds (2.4%; binomial confidence limits, 1.8-3.2) were positive by blocking-ELISA, but only 2 (0.10%; binomial confidence limits, 0.0-0.4) had antibodies detectable by both blocking-ELISA and WNV neutralization test. ELISA-positive birds included long-and short-distance migrants likely exposed to WNV while wintering in or migrating through areas enzootic for WNV. Exposure to a cross-reactive Flavivirus was suspected for short-distance migrants of the Turdidae family, but no cross-neutralization with tick-borne encephalitis and Usutu viruses was observed.
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