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

Authors
Komar, N Panella, NA Boyce, E
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
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → 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.