Land use and west nile virus seroprevalence in wild mammals.
We examined West Nile virus (WNV) seroprevalence in wild mammals along a forest-to-urban gradient in the US mid-Atlantic region. WNV antibody prevalence increased with age, urbanization, and date of capture for juveniles and varied significantly between species. These findings suggest several requirements for using mammals as indicators of transmission.
Gómez
Andrés
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Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA. ag2112@caa.columbia.edu
Kilpatrick
A Marm
AM
Kramer
Laura D
LD
Dupuis
Alan P
AP
Maffei
Joseph G
JG
Goetz
Scott J
SJ
Marra
Peter P
PP
Daszak
Peter
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Aguirre
A Alonso
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D002947:Cities; D048293:Didelphis / Q000821:virology*; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000821:virology; D011821:Raccoons / Q000821:virology*; D051381:Rats / Q000821:virology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013045:Species Specificity; D014197:Trees; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology*