Abstract
One day after feeding on a viremic mouse, tropical rat mites, Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst), transmitted Langat (tick-borne encephalitis virus complex) virus to a naive suckling mouse in one of four trials. However, no transmissions to naive mice by O. bacoti were recorded either immediately after the viremic blood meal (0/4 trials) or on days 4-18 (0/20 trials). After feeding on a viremic mouse, chicken mites, Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer), failed to transmit Langat virus to naive suckling mice in any trials (0/24). Although virus failed to replicate in either species of mite, it was detectable in 20% (2/10) of O. bacoti individuals 1 d after a viremic blood meal, but only immediately after the viremic blood meal in 20% (2/10) of D. gallinae mites. Neither mite appears to be an efficient vector of Langat virus.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 639-641 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 1993 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Parasitology
- General Veterinary
- Insect Science
- Infectious Diseases
