TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Antibody prevalence of select arboviruses in mute swans (Cygnus olor) in the great lakes region and atlantic coast of the United States
AU - Pedersen, Kerri
AU - Marks, David R.
AU - Arsnoe, Dustin M.
AU - Bevins, Sarah N.
AU - Wang, Eryu
AU - Weaver, Scott C.
AU - Mickley, Randall M.
AU - De Liberto, Thomas J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are an invasive species in the United States. The dramatic increase in their populations in localized areas has led to various problems, among them competition with native species and attacks on humans by aggressive swans. However, very little is known about the ability of these swans to transmit pathogens to humans, domestic birds, or wildlife or participate in enzootic maintenance. To learn more about select pathogens that mute swans may harbor, a survey was conducted from April of 2011 to August of 2012 in the Great Lakes region and localized areas of the Atlantic coast, which revealed serologic evidence of arbovirus exposure in mute swans. Of 497 mute swans tested, antibodies were detected for eastern equine encephalitis (4.8%), St. Louis encephalitis (1.4%), West Nile (1.2%), and Turlock (0.6%) viruses. Samples were also tested for evidence of antibodies to La Crosse virus, but none were positive.
AB - Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are an invasive species in the United States. The dramatic increase in their populations in localized areas has led to various problems, among them competition with native species and attacks on humans by aggressive swans. However, very little is known about the ability of these swans to transmit pathogens to humans, domestic birds, or wildlife or participate in enzootic maintenance. To learn more about select pathogens that mute swans may harbor, a survey was conducted from April of 2011 to August of 2012 in the Great Lakes region and localized areas of the Atlantic coast, which revealed serologic evidence of arbovirus exposure in mute swans. Of 497 mute swans tested, antibodies were detected for eastern equine encephalitis (4.8%), St. Louis encephalitis (1.4%), West Nile (1.2%), and Turlock (0.6%) viruses. Samples were also tested for evidence of antibodies to La Crosse virus, but none were positive.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0280
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0280
M3 - Article
C2 - 25266351
AN - SCOPUS:84918776962
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 91
SP - 1247
EP - 1249
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -