Susceptibility and Antibody Response of the Laboratory Model Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) to West Nile Virus

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e0167876
• Main Authors: Hofmeister, Erik K, Lund, Melissa, Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie, Balakrishnan, Christopher N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Animal behavior; Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Antibody Formation; Antibody response; Arbovirus; Australia; Biology and life sciences; Bird Diseases - immunology; Bird Diseases - virology; Birds; Culicidae; Diptera; Disease; Disease Models, Animal; Disease Susceptibility; Domestication; Encephalitis; Finches; Finches - virology; Fringillidae; Genomes; Geology; Indonesia; Infections; Laboratories; Male; Medicine and health sciences; Mosquitoes; Passer domesticus; Physiological aspects; Regression Analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; Songbirds; Species Specificity; Taeniopygia guttata; Tissues; Veterinarians; Viremia; Viremia - immunology; Viruses; West Nile Fever - immunology; West Nile virus; West Nile virus - immunology; Zebra finch

Since the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) into North America in 1999 a number of passerine bird species have been found to play a role in the amplification of the virus. Arbovirus surveillance, observational studies and experimental studies have implicated passerine birds (songbirds, e.g., cro...