title: [Distribution of influenza C virus infection in dogs and pigs in Bavaria].
abstract: 150 dog and 240 pig sera were tested for antibodies against influenza C virus in the hemagglutination inhibition test and confirmed by immunofluorescence and Western blotting tests. Virus strain C/JHB/1/66 was utilized as a standard antigen. It was found that 50.6% of the total number of dogs in the age between one month and 14 years possessed antibody titers of 1:20 or more, which was set as the general cut-off. In comparison, 24.0% of pigs in the age between one day and one month (n = 90) and 25.9% of pigs in the age between one month and one year (n = 150) were found to be positive. The highest hemagglutination inhibition titer was determined as 1:320 for of the dog sera and 1:160 for of the pig sera, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Virologie, Technischen Universität München.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Youzbashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschall
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chaloupka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meier-Ewert
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009982:Gammainfluenzavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral