Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SRIHONGSE, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SRIHONGSE, S.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 90, No. 1: 69-76
Copyright © 1969 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

research-article

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS INFECTIONS IN PANAMANIAN PRIMATES AND OTHER VERTEBRATES1

SUNTHORN SRIHONGSE 2

Srihongse, S. (Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, P.O. Box 2016, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone). Vesicular stomatitis virus infections in Panamanian primates and other vertebrates. Amer. J. Epid., 1969, 90: 69–76.—A large scale survey for antibodies to vesicular stomatitis virus (Indiana type) in monkeys and other wild vertebrates was performed in different areas of Panama. Approximately 75% of 267 monkeys in Darien province were positive in neutralization (NT) tests whereas only 19% positive results were obtained from 383 monkeys collected near Panama City. Spider monkeys (Ateles spp.) showed the highest rate of NT antibodies to VSV-lndiana. A high incidence of complement-flxing (CF) antibodies was also demonstrated in Darien monkeys. NT tests in wild vertebrates other than monkeys showed a much higher rate in arboreal mammals than in ground-living animals. Two-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmani) and tropical porcupines (Coendou rothschildi) were among arboreal mammals showing evidence of high VSV-lndiana rates. Virus isolation attempts from 1, 558 wild vertebrates were negative but a strain of VSV-lndiana was obtained from a worker on a cattle farm in Darien. Four of the sentinel monkeys exposed there showed rises in VSV-lndiana antibody titers, although virus isolation attempts from serial bleedings were negative. The findings above provide supportive evidence that monkeys and other arboreal mammals may be involved in VSV-lndiana cycles.

antibodies; complement fixation tests; monkeys; neutralization tests; vesicular stomatitis virus; virus diseases; viruses

1The author thanks P. Galindo, M. A. Grayson, J. A. Porter, A. Herrer, C. M. Johnson, B. F. Eldridge, D. G. Young, and J. R. Gauld for providing human and animal sera used in this study- Appreciation is extended to G. B. Fair-child and R. E. Shope for their assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. The technical of B. Dutary, N. G. Bright and N. Guardia is gratefully acknowledged.

2Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama R. P. (mailing address: P. O. Box 2016, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone).


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.