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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Komar, N. ; Panella, N. A. ; Boyce, E.
• Description:
  We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested 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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Domestic Antibodies, Viral Cats Disease Outbreaks Dog Diseases Dogs Horse Diseases Horses Humans Mammals Neutralization Tests Seroepidemiologic Studies West Nile Fever West Nile Virus

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(4):736-738.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c6ebcf596dccd40737fdbdb9bdaa9c76181237497a7538f31cad8450032672a09fb6145248aa90ee78cbcdf063531135323085c9199ef570c62ea46c7558be5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3338/cdc_3338_DS1.pdf
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