1. Possible interaction between myxomatosis and calicivirosis related to rabbit haemorrhagic disease affecting the European rabbit
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Peralta B, Bertagnoli S, Letty J, Reitz F, Boucraut-Baralon C, and Stéphane Marchandeau
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Male ,0106 biological sciences ,Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Rabbit ,040301 veterinary sciences ,viruses ,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ,Myxoma virus ,Disease ,Antibodies, Viral ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Virus ,Serology ,0403 veterinary science ,Rabbit haemorrhagic disease ,Myxomatosis, Infectious ,Seroepidemiologic Studies ,biology.domesticated_animal ,medicine ,Animals ,Caliciviridae Infections ,Viral Structural Proteins ,Myxomatosis ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Body Weight ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,3. Good health ,Logistic Models ,Immunology ,Female ,France ,Rabbits ,European rabbit - Abstract
Serological data on myxoma virus, rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) virus and RHD-like viruses in juvenile rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) trapped in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in two areas of France were analysed. For each disease, the effects of bodyweight, year, month and seropositivity for the other disease were modelled by using logistic regressions. In one area, a model including RHD seropositivity was selected to explain the myxoma virus seropositivity. Models including myxoma virus seropositivity were selected to explain the RHD seropositivity in both areas, and the odds of a rabbit being seropositive to both viruses were 5.1 and 8.4 times higher than the odds of a rabbit being seronegative to myxoma virus and seropositive to RHD. The year and bodyweight had significant effects for myxomatosis in one area and for RHD in both areas.
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- 2004
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