Argasid ticks as possible vectors of West Nile virus in Israel

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Mumcuoglu, Kosta Y ^a   Banet Noach, Caroline ^b   Malkinson, Mertyn ^b   Shalom, Uri ^c   Galun, Rachel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

Author keywords

Argas arboreus; Dermanyssus gallinae; Israel; Ornithonyssus sylviarum; Rhipicephalus turanicus; RT PCR; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARGAS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISRAEL; MITE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES; TICK; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; ARGAS; ARGAS ARBOREUS; ARGAS REFLEXUS; ARGASID; ARGASIDAE; AVES; BUBULCUS IBIS; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; HYALOMMA; ORNITHONYSSUS SYLVIARUM; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARGASIDAE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 19644376074     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.65     Document Type: Article

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