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West Nile Virus – Ontario 2002
Ian K. Barker
Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
Ontario Veterinary College
University of Guelph
West Nile Virus Transmission Cycle
Avian reservoirs
VIRUS VIRUS
Dead - - end hosts
Mosquito vectors Culex species mainly
Spill-overvia bridging vectors
VIRUS
Amplification
WNV Surveillance Method v.s. Virus Amplification in Nature
To detect and report the presence of WNVin the ecosystem
in timeto mitigate the risk of infectionin people and domestic animals
PremiseDead birds with WNVare detected/diagnosed
before people and domestic animalsbecome infected
Objective of Wild Bird Surveillance
Enhanced Passive Surveillancefor WNV in Wild Birds
Canada 2001-2002
Health Unit Level
CCWHC Regional Lab
Health Canada Zoonoses/Special Pathogens
LaboratoryWinnipeg
CCWHC Dead Bird Processing• carcasses, sightings• accession, dissection, specimen collection
& shipment• database: tracking, reporting, mapping,
accounting
WNV Positive Wild Birds - Ontario 2001
Health Unit 1st + Bird Species Total WNV +
Winsdsor-Essex 8 August Crow 20Halton 13 August Blue Jay 7Peel 14 August Crow & Jay 17 Toronto 15 August Crow 41Ham-Wentworth 23 August Crow 4Chatham-Kent 24 August Blue Jay 3York 25 August Blue Jay 25Durham 29 August Crow 5Lond-Middlesex 29 August Crow 3Lambton 30 August Crow 1Niagara 11 September Blue Jay 1Waterloo 24 September Blue Jay 1
TOTAL 128
Last WNV positive birds found 29 October
Dead Birds Detected Early in Outbreak
WNV Dissemination by Migratory Birds 2000 - 2001?
To Central and South America
Aug 1, 2002
Aug 23, 2002Sept. 7, 2002
WNV Explosion - 2002
Nov 1, 2002
Index case – WNV in a dead crow – May 19, 2002