ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN FLORIDA: WILD VERTEBRATE STUDIES 1965-1974
| Autor: | Elsie E. Buff, Gerald L. Hoff, Ellnora B. Lassing, William J. Bigler, Arthur L. Lewis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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viruses
Tensaw virus Wildlife Foxes Encephalitis Virus California Arbovirus Infections Antibodies Viral medicine.disease_cause Arbovirus Encephalitis Virus Western Equine Birds Encephalitis Virus Venezuelan Equine Mice Neutralization Tests biology.animal medicine Animals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ecology biology Bird Diseases Deer Complement Fixation Tests Brain Vertebrate Heart Opossums Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests medicine.disease Virology Rats Geographic distribution Florida biology.protein Encephalitis Virus Eastern Equine Enzootic Raccoons Rabbits Antibody Mephitidae Arboviruses Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 11:348-356 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| DOI: | 10.7589/0090-3558-11.3.348 |
| Popis: | Wildlife species from 38 of Florida's 67 counties were surveyed over a 10 year period for the presence of antibody to the five major arboviruses circulating in the state. The routine screening of 7891 sera from wild birds and mammals via the hemagglutination-inhibition (H1) test with selected reactors subjected to serum neutralization testing has 1) provided information regarding geographic distribution and seasonality of circulation of these viruses 2) identified enzootic foci of infection and those species of wildlife most commonly infected and 3) documented the potential value of certain wild mammals as indicators of St. Louis Encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus activity prior to the detection of human cases. Limited studies of Tamiami and Tensaw virus on sera from mammals collected for other purposed provided additional baseline information on the activity of these viruses in Florida mammals. Isolations of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus were made from the heart of a loggerhead shrike (Lanius excubitor), Tensaw virus from the brain of a gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and Keystone virus from the heart of a bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata). |
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