IMPORTANT 2005: Experimental Transmission of West Nile Virus by ticks in North America

1: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2005 Fall;5(3):293-5. Related Articles,
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Experimental Transmission of West Nile Virus (Flaviviridae: Flavivirus)
by Carios capensis Ticks from North America.

Hutcheson HJ, Gorham CH, Machain-Williams C, Lorono-Pino MA, James AM,
Marlenee NL, Winn B, Beaty BJ, Blair CD.

Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management,
Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory (AIDL), Colorado
State University (CSU), Fort Collins, Colorado.

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. Vector-Borne
Zoonotic Dis. 5, 293-295.

PMID: 16187900 [PubMed - in process]

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