Ballard W B, Follmann E H, Ritter D G, Robards M D, Cronin M A
LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc., Anchorage 99508, USA.
J Wildl Dis. 2001 Jan;37(1):133-7. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.1.133.
Two oil field workers were attacked by a rabid arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) in the Prudhoe Bay oil field (Alaska, USA) prompting officials to reduce the local fox population. Ninety-nine foxes were killed during winter 1994. We tested foxes for prevalence of rabies and canine distemper. Exposure to rabies was detected in five of 99 foxes. Of the five, only one fox had rabies virus in neural tissue as determined by the direct fluorescent antibody test. The other four foxes had been exposed to rabies, but had apparently produced antibodies and did not have an active infection. No evidence of canine distemper was detected as determined by the absence of distemper antibodies in serum and distemper virus in neural tissue.
两名油田工人在美国阿拉斯加普拉德霍湾油田遭到一只患有狂犬病的北极狐（北极狐属）攻击，促使官员减少当地狐狸数量。1994年冬季，99只狐狸被猎杀。我们检测了狐狸的狂犬病和犬瘟热患病率。在99只狐狸中，有5只检测出接触过狂犬病。在这5只狐狸中，通过直接荧光抗体试验确定，只有1只狐狸的神经组织中存在狂犬病病毒。另外4只狐狸接触过狂犬病，但显然已产生抗体，并未发生活跃感染。血清中未检测到犬瘟热抗体，神经组织中也未检测到犬瘟热病毒，因此未发现犬瘟热迹象。
