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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
Main Authors: De Oliveira, Rémi Pereira, Hutet, Evelyne, Duhayon, Maxime, Paboeuf, Frédéric, Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique, Vial, Laurence
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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.
ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens9030168