title: A serologic survey for some bacterial and viral zoonoses in game animals in the Czech Republic.
abstract: Between 1986 and 1991, sera were collected from 33 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), 24 red deer (Cervus elaphus), four fallow deer (Dama dama), two mouflon (Ovis musimon), 34 wild boars (Sus scrofa), and 48 hares (Lepus europaeus) shot in two areas of the Czech Republic. Collectively, the sera contained antibodies to Coxiella burnetii (prevalence of 12%), Francisella tularensis (4%), Brucella spp. (2%), Central European tick-borne encephalitis virus (8%), Tahyna (California serogroup) virus (36%), and Calovo (= Batai) virus (23%). We propose that these mammals may play a role in maintaining natural foci of Q-fever, Tahyna fever and Calovo virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hubálek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juricová
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Svobodová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halouzka
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology; D002042:Bunyamwera virus / Q000276:immunology; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D003670:Deer; D002141:Encephalitis Virus, California / Q000276:immunology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D007793:Lagomorpha; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral