Table 1.
Number of live bird sera samples collected from Harris County and the City of Houston, TX that tested and HI and IgM positive at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and the Mosquito and Vector Control Division in 2015.
| COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
Sera | HI WNV |
HI SLE |
HI WNV/SLE |
HI EEE |
HI WEE |
IgM WNV |
IgM SLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 628 | 86 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | 158 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | 117 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimns polyglottos | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myrtle Warbler | Dendroica coronata | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoenicens | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscida | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nutmeg Manakin | Lonchura punctulata | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inca Dove | Scardafella inca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pnbescens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Chickadee | Parus carolinensis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 40 | 1,345 | 222 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 |