Land use and west nile virus seroprevalence in wild mammals.

Authors :: Gómez A
Kilpatrick AM
Kramer LD
Dupuis AP 2nd
Maffei JG
Goetz SJ
Marra PP
Daszak P
Aguirre AA
Gómez, Andrés
Kilpatrick, A Marm
Kramer, Laura D
Dupuis, Alan P 2nd
Maffei, Joseph G
Goetz, Scott J
Marra, Peter P
Daszak, Peter
Aguirre, A Alonso
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2008, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p962-965, 4p
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]