Myxoma Virus in Britain

IT is well known that myxomatosis has caused a high mortality among wild rabbit populations in most parts of England and Wales, and in those parts of Scotland and Ireland to which the disease has spread. Where it has been possible to make accurate observations, a mortality-rate of about 99 per cent...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature (London) 1955-10, Vol.176 (4486), p.783-783
Main Authors: HUDSON, J. R, THOMPSON, HARRY V, MANSI, W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
multidisciplinary
Myxoma virus
Old Medline
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
United Kingdom
Viruses
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:IT is well known that myxomatosis has caused a high mortality among wild rabbit populations in most parts of England and Wales, and in those parts of Scotland and Ireland to which the disease has spread. Where it has been possible to make accurate observations, a mortality-rate of about 99 per cent was found. A similar death-rate was usual in Australia during the first year (1950–51) of their epizootic, but attenuated strains were found from 1953 onwards 1 .
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/176783a0