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Evidence of infection by viruses in small British field rodents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. Kaplan ,
T. D. Healing ,
Nest Evans ,
Lesley Healing  and
Anne Prior
C. Kaplan
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, England
T. D. Healing
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, England
Nest Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, England
Lesley Healing
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, England
Anne Prior
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, England
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Four populations of small wild British rodents were studied by capture-re-capture methods over a period of three years. Samples of blood were taken from these animals and tested for antibodies to nine viruses. Animals were removed from another 11 sites around the UK, and immunosuppressed. Samples of tissue from these animals were tested for the presence of viruses by passage in laboratory mice and serum samples from some of them were tested for antibody to the nine viruses. Indications were found of the possible influence of epizootic outbreaks of certain diseases on animal populations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 285 - 294
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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