Myxomatosis: passive immunity in the offspring of immune rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) infested with fleas (Spilopsyllus cuniculiDale) and exposed to myxoma virus

1 February 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection

Vol. 74 (1) , 43-55
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400046702

Abstract

SUMMARY: Kittens with maternal antibodies to myxoma virus, the offspring of rabbits which had recovered from myxomatosis, were exposed to fleas contaminated with myxoma virus and/or contact with infected rabbits from birth. All kittens died or became infected before 8 weeks of age. When compared with adult animals similarly infected the kittens showed no advantage in terms of survival time or recovery rate attributable to maternal antibodies. Flea transmission of virus was found more effective than contact transmissions.

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