Swanepoel R, Blackburn N K, Efstratiou S, Condy J B
J Hyg (Lond). 1978 Apr;80(2):183-96. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400053535.
Brains, spleens and livers of 2214 murids, 27 shrews and 7 dormice, trapped at 7 sites in Rhodesia, were tested in 277 pools for the presence of Rift Valley Fever virus. There were no isolations of Rift Valley Fever, but 69 isolations of an unidentified virus were obtained. Sixteen out of 867 sera had low-titre haemagglutination-inhibition activity against Rift Valley Fever antigen, but only one out of 1260 sera had neutralizing antibody. The evidence suggests that murids fail to encounter infection in nature and are unlikely to play a role in circulation and dissemination of Rift Valley Fever virus. Four out of seven widely distributed species of muried, Rhabdomys pumilio, Saccostomys campestris, Aethomys chrysophilus and Lemniscomys griselda, were shown to be capable of circulating amounts of virus likely to be infective for mosquitoes.
在罗德西亚7个地点捕获的2214只鼠科动物、27只鼩鼱和7只睡鼠的脑、脾和肝脏，被分成277组用于检测裂谷热病毒的存在。未分离到裂谷热病毒，但分离出69株未鉴定的病毒。867份血清中有16份对裂谷热抗原有低滴度血凝抑制活性，但1260份血清中只有1份有中和抗体。证据表明，鼠科动物在自然环境中未感染，不太可能在裂谷热病毒的循环和传播中起作用。在分布广泛的7种鼠科动物中，有4种，即黄毛鼠、平原囊鼠、金背小褐鼠和格氏水鼠，被证明能够携带可能感染蚊子的病毒量。
