Table 1.
Frequency distribution of bird species positive for WNV
| Species | Frequency | WNV Positive Samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURA | HOLA | IJARA | Total | |||
| October | December | October | October | |||
| African golden weaver | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| African mourning dove | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Barn swallow | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Emerald spotted wood dove | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Golden breasted starling | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Golden pipit | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Grey headed king fisher | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| House sparrow | 22 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Laughing dove | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Lesser masked weaver | 43 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Namaqua dove | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Nightjar | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nubian wood pecker | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Red billed quelea | 68 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| Ring necked dove | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ruppel’s long tailed starling | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Violet backed sunbird | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| White browed sparrow weaver | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| White headed buffalo weaver | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| White throated bee eater | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 15 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 65 | |