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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 73(2), 2005, pp. 474-476
Copyright © 2005 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS TRANSMISSION IN PUERTO RICO AND CUBA

ALAN P. DUPUIS, II*, PETER P. MARRA, ROBERT REITSMA, MATTHEW J. JONES, KAREN L. LOUIE, AND LAURA D. KRAMER
Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland

 

ABSTRACT

During the spring of 2004, approximately 1,950 blood specimens were collected from resident and Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds on the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico and Cuba prior to northerly spring migrations. Eleven birds and seven birds, collected in Puerto Rico and Cuba, respectively, showed evidence of antibody in a flavivirus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Confirmatory plaque-reduction neutralization test results indicated neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus in non-migratory resident birds from Puerto Rico and Cuba, which indicated local transmission.

Received February 4, 2005. Accepted for publication March 15, 2005.

Acknowledgments: We thank Brian Gibbons, Sara Campbell, Ryan Peters, Bill Deluca, Nora Diggs, Dr. Lynn Cassell, Joe Smith, Jim Goetz, Colin Studds, Crista Cramer, and Pierre Goulet for the collection of field samples; Joe Maffei and Alex Ciota for laboratory support; and Chris Eberly for logistical support in Cuba. We also thank the Department of Defense and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for access and cooperation at the Naval Stations and wildlife refuges.

Financial support: This work was supported by grant agreement number U50/CCU320544-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the CDC.

* Address correspondence to Mr. Alan P. Dupuis, II, Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 5668 State Farm Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159. E-mail: dupuis{at}wadsworth.org

Authors’ addresses: Alan P. Dupuis, II, Matthew J. Jones, Karen L. Louie, and Laura D. Kramer, Arbovirus Laboratories, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 5668 State Farm Road, Slingerlands, NY 12159, Telephone: 518-869-4531, Fax: 518-869-4530, E-mail: dupuis{at}wadsworth.org. Peter P. Marra and Robert Reitsma, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037, Telephone: 443-482-2224, E-mail: marrap{at}si.edu.




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