Susceptibility of Garter Snakes (Thamnophis Spp.) to Western Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
- 1 December 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 99 (3) , 698-700
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-99-24468
Abstract
Garter snakes are susceptible to infection with WEE virus. This is the first evidence, to the best of our knowledge, that a virus which is an important parasite of avian and mammalian hosts can infect a cold-blooded vertebrate and cause viremia of high titer and long duration. The possibility that snakes may play a role in overwintering of the virus is being investigated.Keywords
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