SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR SELECTED MICROBIAL AGENTS IN MAMMALS FROM ALBERTA, 1976

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Blood samples were taken from humans and several species of free-ranging wild mammals from 5 different geographic areas of Alberta, Canada. Sera were tested for antibody to eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus, St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus, Powassan (POW) virus, the snowshoe hare (SSH) strain of the California group (CAL) of viruses, Northway (NOR) virus, Klamath (KLA) virus, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) virus and 2 bacteria, Brucella abortus and Francisella tularensis. CAL antibody was found in 63% of 11 snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus), 33% of 167 black bears (Ursus americanus) and 19% of 55 humans (Homo sapiens). NOR antibody was found in 0.4% of 258 hares, 11% of 9 bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), 20% of 44 moose (Alces alces), 4% of 56 bears, 14% of 22 woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and 2% of 50 humans. IBR antibody was detected in 14% of 14 moose. B. abortus antibody was found in 1% of 283 bears. F. tularensis antibody was detected in 2% of 52 humans. These findings represent extension of the following: the natural host range for IBR, CAL and NOR; the geographical distribution of NOR infection in North America; and the geographical distribution of CAL infection within Alberta.

This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit: