Experimental infection of Putorius eversmanni polecats and Martes foina martens with Tahyna virus.
Three Putorius eversmanni pole-cats and two Martes foina martens aged about 9 months were subcutaneously infected with about 260 suckling mouse LD50 of the extraneurally passaged "236" strain of Tahyna virus (California group, genus Bunyavirus). Viraemia with maximal titres of 1.32 (pole-cats) and 1.28 (martens) dex intraperitoneal (i.p.) mouse LD50/0.02 ml was demonstrated from 48 to 96 hr after inoculation (p.i.). By the plaque-reduction neutralization test, seroconversion was demonstrated 15 days p.i. (from less than 4 to titres of 8192 in pole-cats and 4096 in martens).
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002335:Carnivora; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D002141:Encephalitis Virus, California / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology; D004668:Encephalitis Viruses / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male
D000914:Antibodies, Viral