California Encephalitis Virus Prevalence throughout the Yukon Territory, 1971–1974 *
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 24 (4) , 676-684
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.676
Abstract
California encephalitis (CE) virus (snowshoe hare subtype) was isolated from 1 of 38 pools comprising 970 unengorged female Aedes canadensis mosquitoes and from 3 of 152 pools containing 5,676 A. communis mosquitoes which were collected in the Yukon Territory, Canada between latitudes 61 and 66° N during June and July 1974. During four summers 1971 through 1974, this virus was recovered from 26 of 648 pools derived from 30,686 mosquitoes of 4 species. Isolation of CE virus from 1 of 109 pools of Aedes sp. larvae collected during May 1974 suggests maintenance of this virus over winter by transovarial transfer. Infectivity has been maintained in Culiseta inornata mosquitoes which were held continuously at 32° F for 138 days. Neutralizing antibodies to CE virus were detected in 705 of 4,913 (14%) mammals collected during summers 1971 through 1974, including 430 of 1,076 (40%) snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus), 266 of 3,610 (7%) ground squirrels (Citellus undulatus) and 9 of 227 (4%) red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).Keywords
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