The Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) has recently experienced a population explosion in North America. It is frequently infected with West Nile virus (WNV). To test the hypothesis that the Eurasian collared-dove is competent to transmit WNV, we experimentally infected two cohorts of doves with two different strains of WNV, CO08, and NY99, respectively. Both virus strains induced a low-level viremia, capable of infecting a small fraction of vector mosquitoes. We suggest that the Eurasian collared-dove plays a relatively insignificant role as an amplifying host for WNV, but it may be important where it is locally abundant.
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1 December 2013
Experimental Infection of Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) with West Nile virus
Nicholas A. Panella,
Ginger Young,
Nicholas Komar
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Journal of Vector Ecology
Vol. 38 • No. 2
December 2013
Vol. 38 • No. 2
December 2013
amplification host
Eurasian Collared-Dove
reservoir competence index
virus titer
West Nile virus