CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TICK VEC TORS (ACARINA, IXODINA) OF THE CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER VIRUS (CCHF) IN SENEGAL .5. BIOLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL STUDY OF THE IXODID FAUNA OF BURROWS

Authors
CORNET JP BA YS BA K CHAUVANCY G ZELLER H
Citation
Jp. Cornet et al., CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TICK VEC TORS (ACARINA, IXODINA) OF THE CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER VIRUS (CCHF) IN SENEGAL .5. BIOLOGICAL AND VIROLOGICAL STUDY OF THE IXODID FAUNA OF BURROWS, Acarologia, 38(1), 1997, pp. 43-45
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Acarologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044586X
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
43 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-586X(1997)38:1<43:CTTSOT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The ixodid fauna of rodent burrows in the Bandia area was studied. Fro m May 1987 to April 1988, 1794 ticks were collected, mostly immature a nd mature A. sonrai (98,2%). This tick species is present all year rou nd, without significant seasonal variations. The development cycle of 110 days was determined in the laboratory. Three CCHF virus isolates w ere obtained from this tick species. However, CCHF transmission experi ments strongly suggest that A. sonrai is not a vector of CCHF virus.