title: Antibodies to alphavirus, flavivirus, and bunyavirus arboviruses in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows (P. montanus) in Poland.
abstract: Sparrows from central Poland were examined by a hemagglutination-inhibition test (titer > or = 20) for the presence of antibodies to arboviruses, between 1995 and 1996. In house sparrows (Passer domesticus) (n = 179), antibodies to Sindbis, West Nile, tick-borne encephalitis, Tahyna, and Calovo viruses were detected at seroprevalences of 1.1%, 2.8%, 1.1%, 2.8%, and 1.1%, respectively. In tree sparrows (P. montanus) (n = 33), antibodies to the Sindbis, West Nile, and Tahyna viruses were detected at seroprevalences of 9.1%, 12.1%, and 3.0%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Valtice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Juricová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinowski
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Literák
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romanowski
mesh_terms: D000524:Alphavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000276:immunology*; D001717:Birds / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D011044:Poland; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral