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Experimental transmission of West Nile virus (Flaviviridae: Flavivirus) by Carios capensis ticks from North America.
- Source :
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Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) [Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis] 2005 Fall; Vol. 5 (3), pp. 293-5. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Seabird soft ticks, Carios capensis (Ixodida: Argasidae), originally collected from coastal Georgia, USA, were allowed to ingest a blood meal from pekin ducklings (Anas domesticus) infected with WNV. After 35 days of extrinsic incubation, the ticks transmitted virus to naive ducklings. WNV was detected via plaque assay and RTPCR in ticks and in tissues and serum of ducklings 7 days post infestation.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Bird Diseases parasitology
RNA, Viral analysis
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary
Viremia veterinary
West Nile Fever parasitology
Arachnid Vectors virology
Bird Diseases transmission
Ducks parasitology
Ticks virology
West Nile Fever transmission
West Nile virus isolation & purification
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1530-3667
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16187900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2005.5.293