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1 April 1987 SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA SEROGROUP VIRUS ACTIVITY IN OREGON
Bruce F. Eldridge, Charles H. Calisher, John L. Fryer, Larry Bright, Deborah J. Hobbs
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Abstract

We wished to demonstrate evidence of the presence of California serogroup viruses in Oregon and to test for the presence of certain other arboviruses in large ungulates. Blood samples from black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), mule deer (O. hemionus hemionus), and Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) from nine counties in Oregon were tested by serumdilution plaque reduction neutralization for antibody to California serogroup viruses, including snowshoe hare, California encephalitis, and Jamestown Canyon, as well as to Cache Valley (Bunyam wera serogroup) and Klamath, an ungrouped rhabdovirus. Of 132 samples tested, 60 (46%) were found to be seropositive at a dilution of ≥1:10 for at least one of the five different arboviruses. Forty (30%) samples contained antibody to more than one arbovirus, and 15 samples (11%) contained antibody to all five. Of these 15, 14 were from 75 black-tailed deer sera collected in Lincoln County, Oregon. Seropositivity rates for black-tailed deer ranged from 23% to 35%, with all five arboviruses represented. Positive reactions for all five arboviruses were represented among mule deer sera at rates from 5% to 29%. Elk sera were found to be positive for four of the viruses (none for Klamath virus). Although Cache Valley and Klamath viruses have been reported from Oregon, these data represent the first evidence of a California serogroup virus in the state.

Eldridge, Calisher, Fryer, Bright, and Hobbs: SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA SEROGROUP VIRUS ACTIVITY IN OREGON
Bruce F. Eldridge, Charles H. Calisher, John L. Fryer, Larry Bright, and Deborah J. Hobbs "SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA SEROGROUP VIRUS ACTIVITY IN OREGON," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23(2), 199-204, (1 April 1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.199
Received: 18 September 1986; Published: 1 April 1987
KEYWORDS
arboviruses
California serogroup viruses
mule deer
Oregon
Roosevelt elk
ungulates
white-tailed deer
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