Yazarlar |
Aykut Özkul
Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Yakup Yıldırım
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dilek Muz
Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Alper Akçalı
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Volkan YILMAZ
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dilek Çolak
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
In this study, the sera collected from a variety of mammalian species (ass-mules, cat, cattle, dog, horse, human and sheep) in 10 representative provinces of Turkey, were surveyed for the presence of neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV). Overall, 1 of 40 (2.5%) ass-mules, 4 of 100 (4%) cattle, 43 of 114 (37.7%) dogs, 35 of 259 (13.5%) horses, 18 of 88 (20.4%) humans and 1 of 100 (1%) sheep, tested positive for WNV-neutralizing antibodies. The results indicate that a wide range of mammals are exposed to a West Nile-related virus and this could contribute to the long-term survival of this virus in the absence of overt disease. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION |
Dergi ISSN | 0950-2688 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 08-2006 |
Cilt No | 134 |
Sayı | 4 |
Sayfalar | 826 / 829 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1017/S0950268805005492 |
Atıf Sayıları | |
WoS | 71 |