West Nile virus detection in kidney, cloacal, and nasopharyngeal specimens.(DISPATCHES)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Ohajuruka, Ojimadu A.; Berry, Richard L.; Grimes, Sheila; Farkas, Susanne | Copyright information

We compared kidney tissue samples and cloacal and nasopharyngeal swab samples from field-collected dead crows and blue jays for West Nile virus surveillance. Compared to tissue samples, 35% more swab samples were false negative. Swab samples were usually positive only when the corresponding tissue sample was strongly positive.

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Monitoring and surveillance of West Nile virus (WNV) prevalence increasingly depends on the early detection of WNV infection...

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