African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal

African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be naturally infected with the causative agent.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vial, Laurence, Wieland, Barbara, Jori, Ferran, Etter, Eric, Dixon, Linda, Roger, François
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.071022
Descripción
Sumario:African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be naturally infected with the causative agent.

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