Influenza Virus Infection in Guinea Pigs Raised as Livestock, Ecuador

Abstract

To determine whether guinea pigs are infected with influenza virus in nature, we conducted a serologic study in domestic guinea pigs in Ecuador. Detection of antibodies against influenza A and B raises the question about the role of guinea pigs in the ecology and epidemiology of influenza virus in the region.

Keywords

• guinea pigs
• livestock
• domestic
• influenza
• virus
• influenza A