serological evidence of west nile virus infection in wild migratory and resident water birds in eastern and northern india. | to assess west nile virus (wnv) infection in wild resident and migratory birds, we tested 3887 samples from 1784 birds belonging to 119 identified species within 30 families collected during 2008-10 from 13 states in india. the serum samples were tested for wnv antibodies initially by a competition elisa and subsequently by a micro-plaque reduction neutralization test (micro-prnt), whereas tracheal and cloacal swabs were subjected to real-time rt-pcr for the detection of the wnv rna. twenty six ... | 2012 | 22925932 |