| serologic evidence for west nile virus infection in birds in the new york city vicinity during an outbreak in 1999. | as part of an investigation of an encephalitis outbreak in new york city, we sampled 430 birds, representing 18 species in four orders, during september 13-23, 1999, in queens and surrounding counties. overall, 33% were positive for west nile (wn) virus-neutralizing antibodies, and 0.5% were positive for st. louis encephalitis virus-neutralizing antibodies. by county, queens had the most seropositive birds for wn virus (50%); species with the greatest seropositivity for wn virus (sample sizes we ... | 2001 | 11585522 |
| serologic evidence for west nile virus infection in birds in staten island, new york, after an outbreak in 2000. | after an outbreak of west nile virus (wnv) infections in people, horses, and wildlife in staten island, ny, during the summer of 2000, we surveyed the bird population of the island for evidence of infection. neutralizing antibodies were detected in 59 of 257 (23.0%) resident birds and none of 96 transient (migrating) birds sampled in early october. species with the greatest seroprevalence were northern cardinal (cardinalis cardinalis) (69.2%) and rock dove (columba livia) (54.5%). house sparrows ... | 2001 | 12653147 |
| seasons and neighborhoods of high lead toxicity in new york city: the feral pigeon as a bioindicator. | human-induced rapid environmental change has created a global pandemic of neurobehavioral disorders in which industrial compounds like lead are the root cause. we assessed the feral pigeon (columba livia) as a lead bioindicator in new york city. we collected blood lead level records from 825 visibly ill or abnormally behaving pigeons from various nyc neighborhoods between 2010 and 2015. we found that blood lead levels were significantly higher during the summer, an effect reported in children. p ... | 2016 | 27441986 |
| sentinel pigeon surveillance for west nile virus by using lard-can traps at differing elevations and canopy cover classes. | sentinel pigeons, columba livia, were installed in lard-can traps at heights of 1.5 m and 7.6-9.1 m within differing canopy cover classes in new york city. adult mosquitoes were collected weekly from july to october 2002, as were serum samples from each pigeon. culex pipiens l. and culex restuans theobald comprised 97% of mosquitoes collected and were most numerous in canopy-level, forested traps. the west nile virus (family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, wnv) seroconversion rate was significan ... | 2005 | 16465746 |