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Seroepidemiology of arboviruses among seabirds and island residents of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

I. Humphery-Smith ,
D. H. Cybinski ,
K. A. Byrnes  and
T. D. St George
I. Humphery-Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia4067
D. H. Cybinski
Affiliation:
Division of Tropical Animal Production, CSIRO, Long Pocket Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia 4068
K. A. Byrnes
Affiliation:
Division of Tropical Animal Production, CSIRO, Long Pocket Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia 4068
T. D. St George
Affiliation:
Division of Tropical Animal Production, CSIRO, Long Pocket Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia 4068
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Duplicate neutralization tests were done on 401 avian and 101 human sera from island residents collected in the Coral Sea and on Australia's Great Barrier Reef against 19 known arboviruses. Antibodies to a potentially harmful flavivirus, Gadget's Gully virus, were equally present (4%) in both avian and human sera. Antibodies to another flavivirus, Murray Valley Encephalitis, and an ungrouped isolate, CSIRO 1499, were also present in both populations with non-significantly different incidences. Antibodies to Upolu, Johnston Atoll, Lake Clarendon, Taggert, Saumarez Reef and CSIRO 264 viruses were restricted to seabirds. Island residents with antibodies to Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses are thought to have been exposed to these viruses on the mainland as antibody to both viruses was absent among seabirds. These results indicate that consideration should be given to tick-associated arboviruses as potential public health hazards on islands where both seabird and human activities interact.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , October 1991 , pp. 435 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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