title: Exposure of domestic mammals to West Nile virus during an outbreak of human encephalitis, New York City, 1999.
abstract: We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for WN virus-neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sentinels for local WN virus activity and predictors of the infection in humans.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA. nck6@cdc.gov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komar
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Panella
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boyce
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002415:Cats; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral