Gibbs E P, Greiner E C, Alexander F C, King T H, Roach C J
Vet Rec. 1983 Nov 5;113(19):446-8. doi: 10.1136/vr.113.19.446.
A serological survey of 6250 sera from cattle, sheep and goats in seven Caribbean and two South American countries showed that antibody to bluetongue virus was widely distributed in each species throughout the survey area. Overall prevalences of antibody were 70 per cent in cattle, 67 per cent in sheep and 76 per cent in goats as assessed by an immunodiffusion test. Within countries the percentage prevalences were Jamaica 77, St Kitts/Nevis 70, Antigua 76, St Lucia 82, Barbados 61, Grenada 88, Trinidad and Tobago 79, Guyana 52 and Surinam 84. No clinical cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in the area surveyed and there are no virus isolates available to indicate which serotype(s) of virus is/are causing the infection(s).
对加勒比地区七个国家以及南美洲两个国家的6250份牛、羊和山羊血清进行的血清学调查显示,在整个调查区域内,蓝舌病病毒抗体在每个物种中广泛分布。通过免疫扩散试验评估,抗体总体流行率在牛中为70%,在绵羊中为67%,在山羊中为76%。在各个国家中,流行率百分比分别为:牙买加77%、圣基茨和尼维斯70%、安提瓜76%、圣卢西亚82%、巴巴多斯61%、格林纳达88%、特立尼达和多巴哥79%、圭亚那52%以及苏里南84%。在所调查区域内尚未确诊蓝舌病临床病例,也没有病毒分离株可用于表明是哪种血清型病毒正在引发感染。