1. Prevalence of selected zoonotic diseases in vertebrates from Haiti, 1972
- Author
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G.E. Sather, R.G. Mc Lean, and H.A. Trevino
- Subjects
Encephalomyelitis, Equine ,Rabies ,Vertebrate Animals ,medicine.disease_cause ,Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine ,Birds ,Chiroptera ,Zoonoses ,medicine ,Animals ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Artibeus ,Western equine encephalitis ,Ecology ,biology ,Encephalitis, St. Louis ,Transmission (medicine) ,Bird Diseases ,Rabies virus ,virus diseases ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Eastern equine encephalitis ,Virology ,Haiti ,biology.protein ,Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine ,Antibody ,Encephalitis - Abstract
Vertebrate animals collected in Haiti in 1972 were tested for selected zoonotic diseases. No rabies virus or neutralizing (N) antibody was detected in bats (Artibeus jamaicensis). However, N antibody against St. Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Eastern equine encephalitis were detected in resident species of birds and WEE antibody in bats. No N antibody against Venezuelan equine encephalitis was found. The possible introduction by migratory birds and local transmission of these arboviruses is discussed.
- Published
- 1979