Table 2. West Nile virus (WNV) viremia titers of free-ranging rock pigeons from northwest rail yard, Fulton County, Georgia, 2002–2003.
Bird ID no. | Collection date | Log10 PFU/mL |
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3309a | 8/22/2002 | 2.3 |
3316 | 8/22/2002 | 5.3 |
3325 | 8/22/2002 | 4.4 |
3494 | 8/22/2002 | 3.4 |
3498 | 8/22/2002 | 3.5 |
3518 | 8/22/2002 | 3.3 |
3524 | 8/22/2002 | 2.2 |
4025 | 7/30/2003 | 4.4 |
4070 | 7/30/2003 | 4.4 |
4288 | 9/5/2003 | 3.6 |
5206b | 9/5/2003 | 7.2 |
aHatch-year bird; all other viremic pigeons were identified as adults. bDied from a pigeon paramyxovirus-1 infection 11 days postcapture; virus identification of serum isolate as WNV was confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction of extracted RNA from serum and neutralization assays using Newcastle disease virus and WNV-specific antisera.