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 - Dead - end hosts Mosquito vectors Culex species mainly Spill-over via bridging vectors VIRUS Amplification
WNV Surveillance Method v.s. Virus Amplification in Nature
Objective of Wild Bird Surveillance
CCWHC Dead Bird Processing carcasses, sightings accession, dissection, specimen collection & shipment database: tracking, reporting, mapping, accounting
WNV Dissemination by Migratory Birds ? To Central and South America
Aug 1, 2002 Aug 23, 2002 Sept. 7, 2002 WNV Explosion Nov 1, 2002
Index case – WNV in a dead crow – May 19, 2002