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Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
; 5(3): 293-5, 2005.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16187900
RESUMO
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.
