Journal article
Venezuelan encephalitis virus infection in neotropical bats. III. Experimental studies on virus excretion and non-arthropod transmission.
Abstract
A total of 80 Neotropical bats of five species was inoculated with one of four strains of Venezuelan encephalitis (VE) virus. Virus was detected in the oropharynges of 56% of bats, and most regularly in Artibeus jamaicensis (75%). Titers of virus in oropharyngeal secretions were occasionally very high (8.5 log10 SMicLD50/ml in one A. jamaicensis). Only 2 of 123 urine samples from 50 bats and 2 of 86 fecal samples from 46 bats yielded VE virus. …
Authors
Seymour C; Dickerman RW
Journal
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 27, No. 2 Pt 1, pp. 307–312
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publication Date
March 1978
DOI
10.4269/ajtmh.1978.27.307
ISSN
0002-9637