| yukon isolates of snowshoe hare virus, 1972-1982. | bunyaviruses including 53 strains of snowshoe hare (ssh) and 4 of northway (nor) were isolated from 132,428 unengorged adult female mosquitoes of 7 species collected throughout the boreal forest of the yukon territory and open woodland terrain in the mackenzie valley, northwest territories, canada during 8 of 11 arctic summers from 1972 through 1982. isolations of ssh virus were also achieved from mosquito larvae during 1974 and 1975. percentage virus infection rates of important vectors were ae ... | 1983 | 6135219 |
| laboratory diagnosis of rabies in western canada (1968--1977). | the results of laboratory examination of 18,086 specimens for the presence of rabies antigen by the fluorescent antibody and mouse inoculation tests over a ten year period are presented. the submissions were received from british columbia, alberta, saskatchewan, the yukon and the northwest territories. of those examined, 10.74% were positive: however, the incidence of rabies varied widely in the specimens and species submitted, depending on their origin. the principal wildlife reservoirs of the ... | 1979 | 509378 |