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Studies of Patois Group Arboviruses in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and British Honduras^*

Patois, Zegla, and Shark River-like arboviruses in the Patois group were isolated in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and British Honduras during 1963 to 1968. Twenty-three Patois viruses came from mosquitoes, sentinel hamsters, and suckling mice, 21 Zegla viruses from sentinel hamsters and mice and from a wild cotton rat, and two Shark River-like viruses from sentinel hamsters. Hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and neutralizing antibody tests with Patois virus were positive with human sera from each country, and HI antibody tests were positive with sera from pigs in Mexico, Guatemala, and British Honduras and from small wild mammals, wild birds, and cattle in Mexico.

Accepted for publication October 11, 1971.

^* These investigations were performed in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization and the Governments of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and British Honduras, and were supported in part by U. S. Public Health Service Training Grant 5T1-AI-231 and Research Grant AI 06248 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and in part by research contract number DA-49-193-MD-2295 from the U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Department of the Army, under sponsorship of the Commission on Viral Infections of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board.