Table 1 Summary of West Nile virus serological results among hunter-harvested wild birds, Greece 2009-2011
Species | Sampling site* | Total no. of bird samples | Hunting season 2009-2010 | Hunting season 2010-2011 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n)† | IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n) | IFA pos./ neg. | VNT pos. (n) | |||
Pica pica | D | 90 | 5/5 | 3 (5) | 34/46 | 26 (34) | 39/51 | 29 (39) |
E | 58 | 10/24 | 8(10) | 4/20 | 3 (4) | 14/44 | 11 (14) | |
Corvus cornix | D | 11 | 1/3 | 1 (1) | 3/4 | 2 (3) | 4/7 | 3 (4) |
E | 12 | 3/5 | 2(3) | 1/3 | 1 (1) | 4/8 | 3 (4) | |
Anas platyrhynchos | B | 55 | 0/25 | - | 0/30 | - | 0/55 | - |
Streptopelia turtur | A | 45 | - | - | 6/39 | 5 (6) | 6/39 | 5 (6) |
C | 24 | - | - | 3/21 | 2 (3) | 3/21 | 2 (3) | |
Total | 295 | 19/62 | 14 (19) | 51/163 | 39 (51) | 70/225 | 53 (70) | |