Seroepidemiology of arboviruses among seabirds and island residents of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
| Autor: | K. A. Byrnes, D. H. Cybinski, I. Humphery-Smith, T. D. St George |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Epidemiology
viruses Arbovirus Infections Antibodies Viral Pacific Islands Arbovirus Cell Line Birds Togaviridae Infections Neutralization Tests Coral sea biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Reef Vero Cells geography geography.geographical_feature_category Chi-Square Distribution biology Ecology Bird Diseases Flavivirus Incidence fungi Australia biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Great barrier reef Infectious Diseases Murray valley encephalitis Johnston Atoll Seabird Arboviruses Research Article |
| Popis: | SUMMARYDuplicate neutralization tests were done on 401 avian and 101 human sera from island residents collected in the Coral Sea and on Australia's Great Barrier Reef against 19 known arboviruses. Antibodies to a potentially harmful flavivirus, Gadget's Gully virus, were equally present (4%) in both avian and human sera. Antibodies to another flavivirus, Murray Valley Encephalitis, and an ungrouped isolate, CSIRO 1499, were also present in both populations with non-significantly different incidences. Antibodies to Upolu, Johnston Atoll, Lake Clarendon, Taggert, Saumarez Reef and CSIRO 264 viruses were restricted to seabirds. Island residents with antibodies to Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses are thought to have been exposed to these viruses on the mainland as antibody to both viruses was absent among seabirds. These results indicate that consideration should be given to tick-associated arboviruses as potential public health hazards on islands where both seabird and human activities interact. |
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