Syndromic surveillance for West Nile virus using raptors in rehabilitation
Ana, Alba (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Perez Andrés, M. (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Julia, Ponder (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Puig, Pedro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Matemàtiques)
Arno, Wünschmann (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Kimberly, Vander Waal (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Julio, Alvarez (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)
Michelle, Willette (University of Minnesota. College of Veterinary Medicine)

Data:	2017
Resum:	Wildlife rehabilitation centers routinely gather health-related data from diverse species. Their capability to signal the occurrence of emerging pathogens and improve traditional surveillance remains largely unexplored. This paper assessed the utility for syndromic surveillance of raptors admitted to The Raptor Center (TRC) to signal circulation of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Minnesota between 1990 and 2014. An exhaustive descriptive analysis using grouping time series structures and models of interrupted times series was conducted for indicator subsets. A total of 13,080 raptors were monitored. The most representative species were red-tailed hawks, great horned owls, Cooper's hawks, American kestrels and bald eagles. Results indicated that temporal patterns of accessions at the TRC changed distinctively after the incursion of WNV in 2002. The frequency of hawks showing WNV-like signs increased almost 3 times during July and August, suggesting that monitoring of hawks admitted to TRC with WNV-like signs could serve as an indicator of WNV circulation. These findings were also supported by the results of laboratory diagnosis. This study demonstrates that monitoring of data routinely collected by wildlife rehabilitation centers has the potential to signal the spread of pathogens that may affect wild, domestic animals and humans, thus supporting the early detection of disease incursions in a region and monitoring of disease trends. Ultimately, data collected in rehabilitation centers may provide insights to efficiently allocate financial and human resources on disease prevention and surveillance.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MTM2015-69493-R
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Wildlife rehabilitation ; Syndromic surveillance ; Raptors ; Big data ; Time series ; West Nile
Publicat a:	BMC veterinary research, Vol. 13 (november 2017) , ISSN 1746-6148

DOI: 10.1186/s12917-017-1292-0
PMID: 29187187

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