| using wild white-tailed deer to detect eastern equine encephalitis virus activity in maine. | abstract serum from 226 free-ranging white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) was screened for eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) antibodies using plaque reduction neutralization tests. eeev antibodies were detected in 7.1% of samples. this is the first time eeev antibodies have been detected in o. virginianus populations in the state of maine (me). the highest percentage of eeev positive sera was in somerset county (19%) in central me, and this is the first time that eeev activity has b ... | 2011 | 21736489 |
| an epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis virus, maine, usa in 2009: outbreak description and entomological studies. | from july to september, 2009, an outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) occurred in five counties in maine. the virus was isolated from 15 horses, 1 llama, and pheasants in three separate captive flocks. one wild turkey, screened before translocation, also showed exposure to the virus in january 2010. two pools of culiseta melanura (coquillett) tested positive for eeev during routine seasonal surveillance in york county in september, but none of the mosquitoes collected during rapi ... | 2012 | 23208877 |
| seasonal patterns in eastern equine encephalitis virus antibody in songbirds in southern maine. | the intent of this study was to assess passerine eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) seroprevalence during the breeding season in southern maine by testing songbird species identified in the literature as amplifying hosts of this virus. in 2013 and 2014, we collected serum samples from songbirds at a mainland site and an offshore island migratory stopover site, and screened samples for eeev antibodies using plaque reduction neutralization tests. we compared seasonal changes in eeev antibody ... | 2017 | 28287934 |
| prevalence of eastern equine encephalitis virus antibodies among white-tailed deer populations in maine. | during the fall of 2010, 332 deer serum samples were collected from 15 of the 16 (93.8%) maine counties and screened for eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) antibodies using plaque reduction neutralizing tests (prnts). the aim was to detect and map eeev activity in the state of maine. forty-seven of the 332 (14.2%) sera were positive for eeev antibodies, showing a much wider distribution of eeev activity in maine than previously known. the percentage of eeev antibody-positive deer sera was ... | 2015 | 25793477 |
| detection of eastern equine encephalitis virus antibodies in moose (alces americana), maine, 2010. | moose sera were collected from harvested animals during the 2010 hunting season in maine. of the 145 serum samples screened by plaque reduction neutralization test (prnt), 16 (11%) had antibodies to eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev). positive samples were collected from aroostook county (n=13), somerset county (n=2), and piscataquis county (n=1) in northern and central maine. preliminary mosquito surveillance revealed the presence of enzootic and bridge vectors mosquitoes, including culis ... | 2014 | 24359417 |