The Seasonal Timing of Snowshoe Hare Virus Transmission on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada

Author:

Carson, PK, Holloway, K, Dimitrova, K, Rogers, L, Chaulk, AC, Lang, AS, Whitney, H, Drebot, MA, and Chapman, TW

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2017-05

Journal/Series title:

J Med Entomol.

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28069630

Abstract:

Two of these, snowshoe hare virus (SSHV) and Jamestown Canyon virus, were shown, using a combination of serology and virus isolations, to circulate on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada, in the 1980s. More recently, serological analysis demonstrated that these two viruses continue to circulate on the Island in several domesticated and wild animals. Here, we detected the seroconversion to SSHV in wild snowshoe hares and in a single sentinel rabbit.