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- Title
Absence of Serological Evidence of Myxoma Virus Infection in Humans exposed during an Outbreak of Myxomatosis.
- Authors
JACKSON, E. W.; DORN, C. RICHARD; SAITO, J. K.; MCKERCHER, D. G.
- Abstract
MYXOMATOSIS is a viral disease of rabbits regarded by some investigators as a neoplastic disease1,2. Epizootics have been observed in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus spp.) in several areas of the Americas since 1898 when the disease was first reported by Sanarelli in Uruguay3. In California, myxomatosis outbreaks have been reported in domestic rabbit colonies along the coast from San Diego County to San Mateo County4,5. The disease in the Oryctolagus spp. is acute and highly fatal. The native wild rabbits (Sylvilagus spp.) are more resistant, and some develop benign fibromatous tumours1. In California, the brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) has been shown to be a reservoir host of the virus5. The virus has been shown to be transmitted naturally by a mosquito vector6.
- Publication
Nature, 1966, Vol 211, Issue 5046, p313
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/211313a0