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1 July 1983 SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE OF ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN HUMANS AND WILD ANIMALS IN ALASKA
Randall L. Zarnke, Charles H. Calisher, JoAnne Kerschner
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Abstract

Blood samples were collected from humans and several species of free-ranging wild animals in Alaska. Sera were tested for antibody to Jamestown Canyon (JC). snow shoe hare (SSH), North way (NOR). Klamath (KLA), Sakhalin (SAK), Great Island (GI), and Silverwater (SIL) virus. JC antibody was found in 54% of 121 human, 89% of 97 bison (Bison bison), 51% of 84 Dall sheep (Ovis dalli), 43% of 68 snow-shoe hare (Lepus americanus), and 3% of 33 arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) sera. SSH antibody was found in 42% of 121 human, 89% of 97 bison, 41% of 84 Dall sheep, and 65% of 68 snow shoe hare sera. NOR antibody was found in 14% of 121 human, 94% of 97 bison, 84% of 84 Dall sheep, 43% of 69 caribou (Rangifer tarandus), 3% of 68 snowshoe hare, 48% of 64 grizzly bear (Ursus arctos), 3% of 33 arctic fox, and 78% of 27 moose (Alces alces) sera. KLA antibody was found in 5% of 121 human and 40% of 97 bison sera. SAK antibody was found in 2% of 97 bison and 3% of 33 arctic fox sera. GI antibody was found in 1% of 97 bison sera. No SIL antibody was found in any sera tested. Thus the natural host ranges of JC, SSH, NOR. and KLA viruses have been extended by inference from the occurrence of antibody.

Randall L. Zarnke, Charles H. Calisher, and JoAnne Kerschner "SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE OF ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN HUMANS AND WILD ANIMALS IN ALASKA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 19(3), 175-179, (1 July 1983). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-19.3.175
Received: 6 July 1982; Published: 1 July 1983
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