A focus of deer tick virus transmission in the northcentral United States

Authors
Ebel, GD Foppa, I Spielman, A Telford, SR
Citation
Gd. Ebel et al., A focus of deer tick virus transmission in the northcentral United States, EM INFECT D, 5(4), 1999, pp. 570-574
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
5
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
570 - 574
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(199907/08)5:4<570:AFODTV>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We screened salivary glands from adult deer ticks collected near Spooner an d Hayward, Wisconsin, to determine whether deer tick virus, a recently desc ribed flavivirus, occurs with other tickborne agents in the upper Midwest. Intraacinar inclusions suggestive of replicating virus were detected in 4 ( 4.6%) of 87 ticks. The virus was isolated by suckling-mouse inoculation.