Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Dispatch
Assays to Detect West Nile Virus in Dead Birds
Table 2
Species (presented in taxonomic order) | N† | No. negative (%) |
|
---|---|---|---|
RAMP | VecTest | ||
Galliformes | |||
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Columbiformes | |||
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Rock Dove (Columba livia) | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Passeriformes | |||
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | 22 | 20 (90.9) | 22 |
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | 198 | 195 (98.5) | 198 |
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | 22 | 20 (90.9) | 22 |
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | 14 | 13 (92.9) | 14 |
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | 19 | 19 | 19 |
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Other species‡ | 118 | 118 | 118 |
Total all species | 486 | 478 (98.4) | 486 |
*RAMP, Rapid Analyte Measurement Platform; RT-PCR, reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction.
†No. real-time RT-PCR–negative birds.
‡52 species, representing 14 orders.
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