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First detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros porcinus in Madagascar and new insights into tick distribution and taxonomy

BACKGROUND: African Swine Fever Virus has devastated more than the half of the domestic pig population in Madagascar since its introduction, probably in 1997-1998. One of the hypotheses to explain its persistence on the island is its establishment in local Ornithodoros soft ticks, whose presence has...

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Autores principales: Ravaomanana, Julie, Michaud, Vincent, Jori, Ferran, Andriatsimahavandy, Abel, Roger, François, Albina, Emmanuel, Vial, Laurence
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21118485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-115