SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SOOTY TERNS TO VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS (VEE) VIRUS,
Abstract
Sooty terns were found to be highly susceptible to infection with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus by the respiratory route. These birds developed viremia to high titers, but without obvious clinical signs of infection. Further, by the fifth day after exposure to virus the viremia had declined to negligible levels. A bird-mosquito-bird transmission cycle was demonstrated with Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes and sooty terns. A bird-bird transmission cycle was also suggested by infections in control birds held in the same anea as infected birds. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0422353
Entities
People
- Charles R. Rosenberger
- Edwin C. Corristan
- Robert L. Walker
- William S. Miller
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories