Publikationsdatenbank

Very low Influenza a virus prevalence in cervids in German National Parks (2018)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Soilemetzidou, Sanatana-Eirini (WE 5)

Greenwood, Alex D (WE 5)

Czirják, Gábor Á

Quelle

Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publ. of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Bandzählung: 49

Heftzählung: 1

Seiten: 252 – 254

ISSN: 1042-7260

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.1638/2017-0095R.1

Pubmed: 29517428

Kontakt

Institut für Virologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 51833
virologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Influenza A viruses are one of the most important and most studied pathogens in humans and domestic animals but little is known about viral prevalence in non-avian wildlife. Serum samples from three free-ranging cervid species (red [ Cervus elaphus], fallow [ Dama dama] , and roe deer [ Capreolus capreolus]) were collected from six German national parks between 2000 and 2002. The serum was tested for the presence of influenza A antibodies using a commercial competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Only one of 137 samples tested positive.