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No Experimental Evidence of Co-Feeding Transmission of African Swine Fever Virus between Ornithodoros Soft Ticks
soft ticks are the only known vector and reservoir of the African swine fever virus, a major lethal infectious disease of . The co-feeding event for virus transmission and maintenance among soft tick populations has been poorly documented. We infected , a known tick vector in Africa, with an African...
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Published in: | Pathogens (Basel) 2020-02, Vol.9 (3), p.168 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | soft ticks are the only known vector and reservoir of the African swine fever virus, a major lethal infectious disease of
. The co-feeding event for virus transmission and maintenance among soft tick populations has been poorly documented. We infected
, a known tick vector in Africa, with an African swine fever virus strain originated in Africa, to test its ability to infect
through co-feeding on domestic pigs. In our experimental conditions, tick-to-tick virus transmission through co-feeding failed, although pigs became infected through the infectious tick bite. |
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ISSN: | 2076-0817 2076-0817 |
DOI: | 10.3390/pathogens9030168 |