| natural infections of richardson's ground squirrels with western equine encephalomyelitis virus, saskatchewan, canada, 1964-1973. | a survey (1964-1973) was conducted on naturally occurring western equine encephalomyelitis (wee) virus infections of richardson's ground squirrels (rgs) in agricultural areas of saskatchewan. the survey included both serology and virus isolation attempts on live-trapped wild squirrels. throughout the study, seropostive squirrels were found in the known enzootic regions of the province each summer. the infections rate was high (11.6% of 250) in the epidemic year of 1965 and low (less than 2% o ... | 1975 | 1148947 |