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West Nile Virus
Common House Sparrows Potential Reservoir
November 12th, 2000
Common house sparrows may be an important reservoir host for West Nile virus, according to a report at the annual meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, held during October 2000. Among avian species, the virus has been isolated most frequently from dead crows, but "crows may be just the tip of the iceberg," said Dr. Nicholas Komar, of the Arbovirus Disease Branch, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft. Collins, Colorado. A reservoir host can harbor the virus without being killed by it and serve as a source of the virus for mosquitoes, he explained. Studies undertaken in the Northeastern United States since...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-11-12)
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