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Viruses in Ticks

III. Attempts to Transmit St. Louis Virus by Argas (Persicargas) Arboreus^*

Infection of Argas (Persicargas) arboreus with the virus of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) was attempted. Only a low proportion became infected and transmission by bite was not accomplished. Infection of nymphs and transstadial transmission of the virus by nymphs was shown once in 9 attempts. Transovarial transmission of the virus was not demonstrated.

Virus was retained in some infected females for at least 52 days, despite failure to transmit. The possibility that other bird-feeding ticks may serve as reservoirs of SLE virus is mentioned.

^* From Research Project MR005.09-1402.3, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy, Washington, D. C. The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of the author and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy or of the naval service at large. The material in this paper is abstracted from a thesis submitted to Emory University for the Ph.D. degree. This work was supported in part by a training grant (NIH #5TI AI 37-07) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service. The Communicable Disease Center, Bureau of State Services, U. S. Public Health Service, furnished the research facilities for this study under the Guest Researcher Program.