First detection of West Nile virus in domestic pigeon in Korea

• Published in: Journal of veterinary science (Suwŏn-si, Korea) Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 587 - 589
• Main Authors: Kim, C-Yoon, Oh, Hanseul, Song, Juha, Hur, Moonsuk, Suh, Jae-Hwa, Jheong, Weon-Hwa, Kim, Jong-Taek, Oh, Hong-Shik, Park, Jae-Hak
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) 대한수의학회 01.01.2016; The Korean Society of Veterinary Science
• Subjects: Alternative Splicing; Animals; Bird Diseases - epidemiology; Bird Diseases - virology; Case Report; Case-Control Studies; Columbidae; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; West Nile Fever - epidemiology; West Nile Fever - microbiology; West Nile Fever - veterinary; West Nile virus - isolation & purification; 수의학; pigeon; South Korea; West Nile virus
• ISSN: 1229-845X; 1976-555X
• DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2016.17.4.587

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 ( ) 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.