Komar N, Panella N A, Boyce E
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):736-8. doi: 10.3201/eid0704.010424.
We evaluated West Nile (WN) virus seroprevalence in healthy horses, dogs, and cats in New York City after an outbreak of human WN virus encephalitis in 1999. Two (3%) of 73 horses, 10 (5%) of 189 dogs, and none of 12 cats tested positive for WN virus-neutralizing antibodies. Domestic mammals should be evaluated as sentinels for local WN virus activity and predictors of the infection in humans.
1999年人类西尼罗河病毒脑炎爆发后,我们评估了纽约市健康马匹、犬类和猫类的西尼罗河(WN)病毒血清阳性率。73匹马中有2匹(3%)、189只犬中有10只(5%)检测出WN病毒中和抗体呈阳性,而12只猫中无一检测呈阳性。家养哺乳动物应作为当地WN病毒活动的哨兵以及人类感染的预测指标进行评估。