THE INVOLVEMENT OF DOGS IN ENDEMIC CYCLES OF VENEZUELAN ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS

Thirty-one of 40 dog plasmas collected in 1971 at La Avellana, a small village of the Pacific coastal lowlands of southeastern Guatemala had hemagglutination-inhibition antibody titers≥1:80 to Venezuelan encephalitis (VE) virus. Neutralizing antibody titers were higher to a Guatemalan endemic virus...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1973-10, Vol.98 (4), p.311-314
Main Authors: DICKERMAN, R. W., SCHERER, W. F., M, E. NAVARRO, ORDONEZ, J. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - analysis
arbovirus
Culex
Disease Reservoirs - veterinary
Dog Diseases
dogs
Dogs - immunology
encephalitis
Encephalitis - veterinary
Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine - immunology
endemic
Guatemala
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
Insect Vectors
Neutralization Tests
sentinels
Venezuelan
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Summary:Thirty-one of 40 dog plasmas collected in 1971 at La Avellana, a small village of the Pacific coastal lowlands of southeastern Guatemala had hemagglutination-inhibition antibody titers≥1:80 to Venezuelan encephalitis (VE) virus. Neutralizing antibody titers were higher to a Guatemalan endemic virus strain than to a strain from the 1969 epidemic-equine epizootic in Guatemala. Previously dogs have been shown to be infected during epizootics of VE virus. Thus dogs may be useful as sentinel animals in epidemiologic studies of endemic as well as epidemic forms of VE virus.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121560