Abstract
We compared kidney tissue samples and cloacal and nasopharyngeal swab samples from field-collected dead crows and blue jays for West Nile virus surveillance. Compared to tissue samples, 35% more swab samples were false negative. Swab samples were usually positive only when the corresponding tissue sample was strongly positive.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cloaca / virology*
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Crows / virology*
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False Negative Reactions
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Kidney / virology*
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Linear Models
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Nasopharynx / virology*
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Ohio
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Population Surveillance / methods
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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West Nile virus / genetics
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West Nile virus / isolation & purification*