Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Clinic-admitted Raptors, Colorado

摘要

In 2005, 13.5% of clinic-admitted raptors in northernColorado tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). Clinic-admitted–raptor surveillance detected WNV activity nearly14 weeks earlier than other surveillance systems. WNVsurveillance using live raptor admissions to rehabilitationclinics may offer a novel surveillance method and should beconsidered along with other techniques already in use