HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Hughes, T. P. Articles by Perlowagora, A. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Hughes, T. P. Articles by Perlowagora, A.

The Reaction of Certain Species of Bats to Yellow Fever Virus¹

Daily tests of sera from bats of the species Carollia perspicillata, Phyllostomus panamensis and Eumops californicus which had been injected subcutaneously with yellow fever virus failed to demonstrate the presence of any virus in the blood stream. Similar tests on Molossus sp. and Phyllostomus panamensis which had been bitten by infected mosquitoes gave the same result.

When Phyllostomus panamensis was injected subcutaneously with massive doses of virus, the virus was demonstrable in the circulation after intervals of 30 and 60 minutes. Within three hours the virus concentration in serum had fallen to traces or had totally disappeared.

¹ The work on which these observations are based was done under the auspices of the Serviço de Estudos e Pesquisas sôbre a Febre Amarela (Yellow Fever Research Service), which is maintained jointly by the Ministry of Education and Health of Brazil, and the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation.