Exposure of domestic mammals to West Nile virus during an outbreak of human encephalitis, New York City, 1999

Citation
N. Komar et al., Exposure of domestic mammals to West Nile virus during an outbreak of human encephalitis, New York City, 1999, EM INFECT D, 7(4), 2001, pp. 736-738
Citations number
20
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
1080-6040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
736 - 738
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200107/08)7:4<736:EODMTW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, a nd cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis i n 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tes ted positive for WN virus-neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sentinels for local WN virus activity and predictors of the infection in humans.