Experimental West Nile Virus Infection in Jungle Crows (Corvus macrorhynchos)

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 78; no. 5; pp. 838 - 842
• Main Authors: Shirafuji, Hiroaki, Kanehira, Katsushi, Kubo, Masanori, Shibahara, Tomoyuki, Kamio, Tsugihiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS ASTMH 01.05.2008; Allen Press
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; Biological and medical sciences; Bird Diseases - virology; Corvus; Crows - virology; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Viral Plaque Assay; Viremia - blood; West Nile Fever - blood; West Nile Fever - physiopathology; West Nile Fever - veterinary; West Nile virus; West Nile virus - genetics; West Nile virus - isolation & purification; Virus; Infection; Animal; West Nile virus; Tropical medicine; Japanese encephalitis group virus; Flaviviridae; Experimental study; Flavivirus

We experimentally infected jungle crows (Corvus macrorhynchos), which are representative corvids in East Asia, with West Nile virus (WNV) to study their susceptibility toward WNV infection. Six jungle crows were subcutaneously inoculated with 1,000 plaque-forming units (PFU) of the WNV NY99 strain....