title: [Serological study of the incidence of murine viruses in a population of small wild rodents (Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord, 1815)].
abstract: The results of a serological survey of a free-living population of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in Pinawa, Manitoba (Canada) showed that these animals possessed antibodies to six of the eleven viruses tested for, namely: reovirus type 3, murine encephalomyelitis agent, ectromelia virus, murine adenovirus, murine hepatitis virus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. The significant increase in the number of individuals possessing specific antibodies suggests that these viruses, or related viruses, may be responsible for the decline in the population studied.
authors.affiliation: Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Descôteaux
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000276:immunology; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003411:Arvicolinae; D004481:Ectromelia virus / Q000276:immunology; D004482:Ectromelia, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D015994:Incidence; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology; D012089:Mammalian orthoreovirus 3 / Q000276:immunology; D008350:Manitoba / Q000453:epidemiology; D004680:Maus Elberfeld virus / Q000276:immunology; D006517:Murine hepatitis virus / Q000276:immunology; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Etude sérologique sur l'incidence de virus murins dans une population de petits rongeurs sauvages (Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord, 1815).