SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TWO TURTLE SPECIES TO EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 16 (4), 615-617
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.4.615
Abstract
Two species of turtles collected in southern New England, USA, were inoculated s.c. with eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV). The spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) developed viremia and neutralizing antibody after exposure to 3 logs or more of virus. Viremia was not detected in the eastern painted turtles (Chrysemys picta), and neutralizing antibody was detected in only 1 of 15 inoculated C. picta; since pre-inoculation serum was not obtained from this animal, the possibility of natural infection cannot be eliminated. [These findings have relevance to the suitability of turtles as overwintering hosts for EEEV.].This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Field and Laboratory Studies on Eastern Encephalitis in Warm- and Cold-Blooded Vertebrates *The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1964
- Spatial and Temporal Movements of a Population of the Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata (Agassiz)Ecological Monographs, 1959