TY - JOUR AU - Gancz, Ady Y. AU - Campbell, Douglas G. AU - Barker, Ian K. AU - Lindsay, Robbin AU - Hunter, Bruce T1 - Detecting West Nile Virus in Owls and Raptors by an Antigen-capture Assay T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 2204 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated a rapid antigen-capture assay (VecTest) for detection of West Nile virus in oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs, collected at necropsy from owls (N = 93) and raptors (N = 27). Sensitivity was 93.5%–95.2% for northern owl species but <42.9% for all other species. Specificity was 100% for owls and 85.7% for raptors. KW - West Nile virus KW - Owl KW - Raptor KW - Bird KW - VecTest KW - Antigen-capture KW - PCR KW - diagnosis KW - test KW - Ontario KW - dispatch KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1012.040168 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/12/04-0168_article ER - End of Reference