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Isolation of Bhanja Virus from Ticks in Yugoslavia

Jelka Vesenjak-Hirjan, Charles H. Calisher, Zvonimir Brudnjak, Dania Tovornik, Nada krti AND John S. Lazuick

Andrija tampar School of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, 41000 Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522, and Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Two strains of Bhanja (BHA) virus, an ungrouped arbovirus, were isolated from Haemaphysalis punctata ticks collected from sheep on the island of Bra in the Yugoslavian Adriatic. Serologic testing gave evidence of the endemicity of BHA virus on the island, and antibody prevalence rates were high for both man (35.8%—ranging locally to 61.3%) and sheep (100%). No antibody was found in 82 small mammals tested. Evidence of a natural cycle involving ticks and sheep, the potential significance of this virus for man and for animals of agricultural importance, and factors related to its epidemiology are discussed.

Accepted for publication February 12, 1977.