Prevalence of Selected Zoonotic Diseases in Vertebrates from Haiti, 1972

Overview

Journal J Wildl Dis

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 1979 Apr 1

PMID 480524

Citations 5

Authors

R G McLean

H A Trevino

G E SATHER

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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.

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