| potential for waterborne and invertebrate transmission of west nile virus in the great salt lake, utah. | in november and december of 2013, a large mortality event involving 15,000 to 20,000 eared grebes (podiceps nigricollis) occurred at the great salt lake (gsl), ut. the onset of the outbreak in grebes was followed by a mortality event in >86 bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus). during the die-off, west nile virus (wnv) was detected by reverse transcription-pcr (rt-pcr) or viral culture in the carcasses of grebes and eagles submitted to the national wildlife health center. however, no activity ... | 2017 | 28500043 |
| west nile virus transmission in winter: the 2013 great salt lake bald eagle and eared grebes mortality event. | west nile virus (wnv) infection has been reported in over 300 species of birds and mammals. raptors such as eagles, hawks and falcons are remarkably susceptible, but reports of wnv infection in bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus) are rare and reports of wnv infection in grebes (podicipediformes) even rarer. we report an unusually large wild bird mortality event involving between 15,000-20,000 eared grebes (podiceps nigricollis) and over 40 bald eagles around the great salt lake, utah, in nove ... | 2014 | 24761310 |