title: Prevalence of selected zoonotic diseases in vertebrates from Haiti, 1972.
abstract: Vertebrate animals collected in Haiti in 1972 were tested for selected zoonotic diseases. No rabies virus or neutralizing (N) antibody was detected in bats (Artibeus jamaicensis). However, N antibody against St. Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Eastern equine encephalitis were detected in resident species of birds and WEE antibody in bats. No N antibody against Venezuelan equine encephalitis was found. The possible introduction by migratory birds and local transmission of these arboviruses is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D001717:Birds; D002685:Chiroptera; D004663:Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine; D004667:Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine; D004674:Encephalitis, St. Louis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004683:Encephalomyelitis, Equine / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D006205:Haiti; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*