title: First detection of West Nile virus in domestic pigeon in Korea.
abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that has spread throughout Europe and the United States. Recently, WNV spread to East and Southeast Asia, and great efforts have been made in South Korea to prevent the spread of WNV from neighboring countries. In this study, we diagnosed the first case of WNV in pigeons (Columba livia domestica) residing in cities using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed it with nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis and sequencing. This is the first report to provide convincing evidence that WNV is present within South Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: C-Yoon
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Hanseul
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Biological Resources Research Department, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea.
authors.forename: Moonsuk
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.affiliation: Biological Resources Research Department, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 22689, Korea.
authors.forename: Weon-Hwa
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Jheong
authors.affiliation: Department of Wildlife Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Taek
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Science Education, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
authors.forename: Hong-Shik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hak
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D010856:Columbidae; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: South Korea; West Nile virus; pigeon