Table 1.
Summary of West Nile virus serological results among hunter-harvested wild birds, Greece 2009-2011
|
Species |
Sampling site* |
Total no. of bird samples |
Hunting season 2009-2010 |
Hunting season 2010-2011 |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n)† | IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n) | IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n) | |||
|
Pica pica |
D |
90 |
5/5 |
3 (5) |
34/46 |
26 (34) |
39/51 |
29 (39) |
| |
E |
58 |
10/24 |
8(10) |
4/20 |
3 (4) |
14/44 |
11 (14) |
|
Corvus cornix |
D |
11 |
1/3 |
1 (1) |
3/4 |
2 (3) |
4/7 |
3 (4) |
| |
E |
12 |
3/5 |
2(3) |
1/3 |
1 (1) |
4/8 |
3 (4) |
|
Anas platyrhynchos |
B |
55 |
0/25 |
- |
0/30 |
- |
0/55 |
- |
|
Streptopelia turtur |
A |
45 |
- |
- |
6/39 |
5 (6) |
6/39 |
5 (6) |
| |
C |
24 |
- |
- |
3/21 |
2 (3) |
3/21 |
2 (3) |
| Total | 295 | 19/62 | 14 (19) | 51/163 | 39 (51) | 70/225 | 53 (70) | |
Prevalence of West Nile virus antibodies among wild birds hunter-harvested at the epicenter of a major human outbreak of the disease (central Macedonia, northern Greece). All IFA positive samples were further verified by VNT.
*Sampling Sites A-E correspond to the indicated areas of Figure 1.
†n number of samples tested positive by IFA.