| Literature DB >> 11585540 |
N Komar1, N A Panella, E Boyce.
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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.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11585540 PMCID: PMC2631764 DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.010424
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883