Identification and Comparison of two Viruses Isolated from Ticks of the Genus Ornithodoros

C. M. Clifford Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton, Montana 59840

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L. A. Thomas Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton, Montana 59840

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L. E. Hughes Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton, Montana 59840

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Glen M. Kohls Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton, Montana 59840

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C. B. Philip Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Hamilton, Montana 59840

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1968.17.881
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Volume 17: Issue 6
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881–885
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Summary

In this report two viruses isolated from ticks of the genus Ornithodoros were identified and compared with other viruses isolated from argasid ticks. The first, isolated from Ornithodoros denmarki collected under rocks near nesting Gulls and Terns on Raza Island, Gulf of California, was shown to be the same as Hughes virus. The other was recovered from Ornithodoros capensis collected from a Noddy Tern (Anous stolidus) nest on Sand Island, Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific, and was similar to Quaranfil virus, an agent previously known only from Africa.
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Copyright © 1968 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1968
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Nov 1968
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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