Sindbis Virus Infection in Resident Birds, Migratory Birds, and Humans, Finland
Satu Kurkela*†

, Osmo Rätti‡, Eili Huhtamo*, Nathalie Y. Uzcátegui*, J. Pekka Nuorti§, Juha Laakkonen*¶, Tytti Manni*, Pekka Helle#, Antti Vaheri*†, and Olli Vapalahti*†**
Author affiliations: *Haartman Institute at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; †Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland; ‡University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland; §National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; ¶Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland; #Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Oulu, Finland; **Basic Veterinary Sciences at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;
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Table 1
Resident birds and Sindbis virus, Finland, 2003 and 2004
Common name | Taxonomic name | 2003
| | 2004
|
---|
Samples, no. | Seropositive, % | Samples, no. | Seropositive, % |
---|
Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | 67 | 31.3 | | 41 | 2.4 |
Black grouse | Tetrao tetrix | 144 | 31.3 | | 84 | 1.2 |
Hazel grouse | Bonasa bonasia | 49 | 22.4 | | 58 | 3.4 |
Willow grouse
| Lagopus lagopus
| 80
| 20.0
|
| 98
| 0
|
Total | | 340 | 27.4 | | 281 | 1.4 |
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