Percentage of swallow bug pools positive for BCRV by RT-PCR in the October, mid-winter (December–February), and early April sampling periods at colony sites with house sparrows (dark bars) and at sites without sparrows (clear bars). At sites with sparrows, percentage positive in the October and mid-winter periods did not differ significantly (
, p = 0.48), but early April differed significantly from the other two periods combined (
, p = 0.009). At sites without sparrows, percentage positive did not differ among the three sampling periods (
, p = 0.53). Numbers above bars indicate total numbers of bug pools tested.