Isolation of encephalomyocarditis virus from the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in Czechoslovakia.
The first isolation of encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus from the blood and brain of a pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) captured in Moravia is reported. Complement-fixation (CF) tests with reference antisera revealed no relationship to any of a wide range of known arboviruses.
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004686:Encephalomyocarditis virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice
D000956:Antigens, Viral