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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Research

Widespread Exposure to Mosquitoborne California Serogroup Viruses in Caribou, Arctic Fox, Red Fox, and Polar Bears, Canada

Kayla J. BuhlerComments to Author , Antonia Dibernardo, Nicholas W. Pilfold, N. Jane Harms, Heather Fenton, Suzanne Carriere, Allicia Kelly, Helen Schwantje, Xavier Fernandez Aguilar, Lisa-Marie Leclerc, Geraldine G. Gouin, Nicholas J. Lunn, Evan S. Richardson, David McGeachy, Émilie Bouchard, Adrián Hernández Ortiz, Gustaf Samelius, L. Robbin Lindsay, Michael A. Drebot, Patricia Gaffney, Patrick Leighton, Ray Alisauskas, and Emily Jenkins
Author affiliations: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (K.J. Buhler, É. Bouchard, A. Hernández Ortiz, R. Alisauskas, E. Jenkins); National Microbiology Laboratory Branch, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (A. Dibernardo, L.R. Lindsay, M.A. Drebot); San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Escondido, California, USA (N.W. Pilfold, P. Gaffney); Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (N.J. Harms); Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis (H. Fenton); Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (H. Fenton, S. Carriere, A. Kelly); Government of British Columbia, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (H. Schwantje); University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (X. Fernandez Aguilar); Government of Nunavut, Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada (L.-M. Leclerc); Makivik Corporation, Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada (G.G. Gouin); Environment and Climate Change Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy); Environment and Climate Change Canada, Winnipeg (E.S. Richardson); Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, Washington, USA (G. Sameilus); Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec (É. Bouchard, P. Leighton)

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Table 4

Prevalence of California serogroup viruses within caribou ecotypes and herds/study areas across Canada in study of widespread exposure to mosquitoborne California serogroup viruses in caribou, Arctic fox, red fox, and polar bears*

Ecotype Prevalence, % (95% CI) (no./total) Herd or study area Capture location Prevalence, % (95% CI) (no./total)
Migratory tundra caribou
 48 (42–54) (116/243)
 Beverly NT 83 (55–95) (10/12)
Bluenose East NT 60 (36–80) (9/15)
Bathurst NT 77 (50–92) (10/13)
Dolphin and Union Nunavut 80 (69–87) (58/73)
Porcupine Yukon 24 (15–35) (17/72)
Forty Mile Yukon 100 (57–100) (5/5)
Leaf River
 Nunavik, QC
 13 (7–25) (7/53)
Mountain woodland caribou
 59 (48–68) (51/87)
 Heart River Yukon 78 (58–90) (18/23)
Ibex Yukon 38 (14–69) (3/8)
Clear Creek Yukon 70 (48–86) (14/20)
Carcross Yukon 43 (25–64) (9/21)
Tay River Yukon 50 (10–91) (1/2)
Laberge Yukon 100 (21–100) (1/1)
Pink Mountain BC 67 (21–94) (2/3)
Muskwa BC 24 (5–70) (1/4)
Kennedy Siding BC 50 (10–91) (1/2)
Itcha-Ilgachuz BC 0 (0–79) (0/1)
Chase BC 0 (0–79) (0/1)
Quinette
 BC
 100 (21–100) (1/1)
Boreal woodland caribou 87 (81–91) (149/172) Chinchaga BC 50 (10–91) (1/2)
Snake-Sahtaneh BC 100 (21–100) (1/1)
Maxhamish BC 0 (0–79) (0/1)
Calendar BC 100 (21–100) (1/1)
North Deh Cho NT 92 (78–97) (33/36)
South Deh Cho NT 89 (74–95) (31/35)
Pine Point-Buffalo Lake NT 97 (85–99) (34/35)
Hay River Lowlands NT 78 (61–89) (25/32)
Mackenzie NT 79 (62–90) (23/29)

*Ecotype data were not available for 13 caribou; herd/study area data were not available for 15 caribou. BC, British Columbia; NT, Northwest Territories; QC, Québec.

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