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West Nile Virus – Ontario 2002

Ian K. Barker

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre

Ontario Veterinary College

University of Guelph

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West Nile Virus Transmission Cycle

Avian reservoirs

VIRUS VIRUS

Dead - - end hosts

Mosquito vectors Culex species mainly

Spill-overvia bridging vectors

VIRUS

Amplification

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WNV Surveillance Method v.s. Virus Amplification in Nature

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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

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Enhanced Passive Surveillancefor WNV in Wild Birds

Canada 2001-2002

Health Unit Level

CCWHC Regional Lab

Health Canada Zoonoses/Special Pathogens

LaboratoryWinnipeg

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CCWHC Dead Bird Processing• carcasses, sightings• accession, dissection, specimen collection

& shipment• database: tracking, reporting, mapping,

accounting

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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

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Dead Birds Detected Early in Outbreak

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WNV Dissemination by Migratory Birds 2000 - 2001?

To Central and South America

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Aug 1, 2002

Aug 23, 2002Sept. 7, 2002

WNV Explosion - 2002

Nov 1, 2002

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Index case – WNV in a dead crow – May 19, 2002

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