Antibodies to Brucella in marine mammals around the coast of England and Wales
Antibodies to Brucella in marine mammals around the coast of England and Wales
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英格兰和威尔士海岸周围的海洋哺乳动物中存在布鲁氏菌抗体
DOI：
10.1136/vr.141.20.513
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发表时间：
1997
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
V. Simpson
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作者：
P. Jepson;S. Brew;A. Macmillan;J. Baker;J. Barnett;J. Kirkwood;T. Kuiken;I. Robinson;V. Simpson
在苏格兰和英格兰北方搁浅的海豹和鲸目动物中分离出以前未识别的布鲁氏菌种属后，进行了血清学调查，以调查英格兰和威尔士海岸周围可能暴露于布鲁氏菌种属的海洋哺乳动物物种的范围、感染的流行率以及血清阳性动物的时间和地理分布。用竞争性和间接ELISA法检测了1989年至1995年间从英格兰和威尔士海岸采集的153只搁浅海洋哺乳动物的血清。62只灰海豹中有6只（10%）、12只普通海豹中有1只（8%）、35只港湾鼠海豚中有11只（31%）和29只普通海豚中有9只（31%）检测到阳性滴度。在条纹海豚（Stenella coeruleoalba）、短吻海豚（Tursiops truncatus）、虎鲸（Orcinus orca）和领航鲸（Globicephala melas）中也发现了阳性滴度。血清反应阳性的动物来自英格兰和威尔士的海岸，第一个血清反应阳性的样本是1990年从一只普通的海豚身上采集的。
Following the isolation of previously unrecognised species of Brucella from stranded seals and cetaceans in Scotland and northern England, a serological survey was carried out to investigate the range of marine mammal species which may have been exposed to Brucella species around the coasts of England and Wales, the prevalence of infection and the temporal and geographical distribution of seropositive animals. Serum collected from 153 stranded marine mammals from the coasts of England and Wales between 1989 and 1995 were tested by competitive and indirect ELISA. Positive titres were recorded for six of 62 (10 per cent) grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), one of 12 (8 per cent) common seals (Phoca vitulina), 11 of 35 (31 per cent) harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and nine of 29 (31 per cent) common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) tested. Positive titres were also found in a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), a killer whale (Orcinus orca) and a pilot whale (Globicephala melas). The seropositive animals were from all around the coasts of England and Wales and the first seropositive sample was from a common dolphin in 1990.