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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 30(2), 1981, pp. 473-476
Copyright © 1981 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Distribution and Prevalence of Mermet Virus Infections in the Central United States

Charles H. Calisher, Shelly J. Ahmann, Paul R. Grimstad, James G. Hamm AND Margaret A. Parsons
Vector-Borne Diseases Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Post Office Box 2087, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, Laboratory for Arbovirus Research and Surveillance, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, Memphis-Shelby County Health Department, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, and Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio 43219

Tests were run on 3,198 bird sera for neutralizing antibody to Mermet virus. The birds were mostly House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) captured in the central U.S. Antibody was detected in birds from Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin, but not Kentucky or Missouri. Antibody prevalence differed by location and between years in similar locations. These results confirmed the widespread activity of Mermet virus in the central U.S., suggested irregular activity of the virus, and provided the first evidence that Mermet virus activity occurs in Mississippi, Indiana, and Wisconsin. No antibody to Mermet virus was found in paired sera from 966 humans with suspected arboviral infection.

Accepted for publication October 11, 1980.






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