Skip to main content
Infection and Immunity logoLink to Infection and Immunity
. 1979 Nov;26(2):767–769. doi: 10.1128/iai.26.2.767-769.1979

Plague antibody in large African mammals.

D H Gordon, M Isaacson, P Taylor
PMCID: PMC414680  PMID: 546794

Abstract

Plague hemagglutinating antibodies to a titer of 1:1,024 were demonstrated in 6.6% of buffalo and 0.3% of elephant sera tested 1 year after a plague epidemic in the same area.

Full text

PDF
767

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. CAVANAUGH D. C., THORPE B. D., BUSHMAN J. B., NICHOLES P. S., RUST J. H., Jr DETECTION OF AN ENZOOTIC PLAGUE FOCUS BY SEROLOGICAL METHODS. Bull World Health Organ. 1965;32:197–203. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Cavanaugh D. C., Deoras P. J., Hunter D. H., Marshall J. D., Jr, Do-van-Quy, Rust J. H., Jr, Purnaveja S., Winter P. E. Some observations on the necessity for serological testing of rodent sera for Pasteurella pestis antibody in a plague control programme. Bull World Health Organ. 1970;42(3):451–459. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Charlton R. W., Palmer A. W. Plague in Rhodesia. Cent Afr J Med. 1975 May;21(5):103–108. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Chen T. H., Meyer K. F. An evaluation of Pasteurella pestis fraction-1-specific antibody for the confirmation of plague infections. Bull World Health Organ. 1966;34(6):911–918. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Cruickshank J. G., Gordon D. H., Taylor P., Naim H. Distribution of plague in Rhodesia as demonstrated by serological methods. Cent Afr J Med. 1976 Jul;22(7):127–130. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. GIRARD G. Considerations sur une souche de Pasteurella pestis, isolée à partir d'un cheval au Congo Belge; son étroit apparentement à la souche EV (Girard et Robic). Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1957 May-Jun;50(3):346–350. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Rust J. H., Jr, Miller B. E., Bahmanyar M., Marshall J. D., Jr, Purnaveja S., Cavanaugh D. C., Hla U. S. The role of domestic animals in the epidemiology of plague. II. Antibody to Yersinia pestis in sera of dogs and cats. J Infect Dis. 1971 Nov;124(5):527–531. doi: 10.1093/infdis/124.5.527. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Swanepoel R., Blackburn N. K., Condy J. B. Trapping and serum testing of rodents caught prior to the outbreak of plague in Rhodesia. Cent Afr J Med. 1976 Jul;22(7):131–133. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Infection and Immunity are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES