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Emerg Infect Dis 2004 Dec;10(12):2135-42.

West Nile virus outbreak in North American owls, Ontario, 2002.

Gancz AY, Barker IK, Lindsay R, Dibernardo A, McKeever K, Hunter B

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. agancz@uoguelph.ca

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1616

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes No No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
descriptive 138 vector - - concurrent
cross sectional 23 ingestion outcome yes concurrent
Exposures West Nile virus
Risk factors Age Factors
Body Weight
Housing, Animal
Outcomes West Nile Fever
Species Aegolius acadicus
Aegolius funereus
American kestrel
Asio flammeus
Asio otus
Athene cunicularia
Elf owl
Falco peregrinus
Falconidae
Glaucidium gnoma
Great gray owl
Hippoboscidae
Nyctea scandiaca
Otus flammeolus
Owls
Strix varia
Surnia ulula
Tawny owl
Tyto alba
Locations location map
Canada Ontario Niagara (populated place)

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