2024-03-28T13:32:22Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/432602020-05-25T10:17:48Zcom_10261_13com_10261_8col_10261_266
Prevalence of West Nile virus neutralizing antibodies in colonial aquatic birds in southern Spain
Figuerola, Jordi
Jiménez-Clavero, Miguel Ángel
Rojo, Gema
Gómez Tejedor, Concepción
Soriguer, Ramón C.
The rapid expansion of West Nile virus (WNV) throughout the New World has raised interest in under- standing the population dynamics and patterns of dispersal of emerging infectious diseases by wildlife. WNV affects humans, although its main reservoirs are various species of birds. Here we analyse the prevalence of WNV-neutralizing antibodies in nearly full-grown chicks belonging to seven different species of colonial waterbirds at three localities in southern Spain. Chicks with neutralizing antibodies against WNV were detected in three species and at all three localities. However, the low antibody titres suggest the presence of antibodies is probably due to maternal transfer of antibody, presumably from exposure of the adult birds to WNV or a similar flavivirus at some stage of their lives. The analyses of the movements of tagged birds confirmed that all species with antibody visit regions that have had reports of WNV infection over the past decade.
Peer reviewed
2011-12-13T10:49:11Z
2011-12-13T10:49:11Z
2007
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Avian Pathology (June 2007) 36(3), 209 — 212
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/43260
0.1080/03079450701332329
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03079450701332329
open
Taylor & Francis