Haemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies against arboviruses of the families Togaviridae and Bunyaviridae in birds caught in southern Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
A total of 295 birds belonging to 19 species of 7 families of wild Passeriformes were examined by haemagglutination-inhibition test. The birds were caught for an international research program "Balt" at the time of autumn migration (August-September 1984). Their blood sera were examined for antibodies against 6 arbovirus antigens of the genera Alphavirus (Sindbis-SIN) and Flavivirus (tick-borne encephalitis-TBE, West Nile-WN) and family Bunyaviridae (Tahyna-TAH, Calovo-CVO and Bhanja-BHA). Antibodies against all studied viruses were detected at different frequencies: SIN 6.4%, TBE 7.1%, WN 9.7%, TAH 16.3%, CVO 12.1%, and BHA 1.0%.
Juricová
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Institute of Vertebrate Zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno.
Hubálek
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Halouzka
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Pellantová
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Chytil
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000276:immunology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001717:Birds; D002043:Bunyaviridae / Q000276:immunology; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D014035:Togaviridae / Q000276:immunology; D014036:Togaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral