| 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 |