A 10-Year Survey Of Trinidadian Arthropods For Natural Virus Infections (1953–1963)1

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From August 1953 through December 1963 a principal phase of the entomological investigations of the Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory was the search for virus in naturally infected arthropods. This 10-year summary complements an earlier report covering the 1st 5 years. Changes in field and laboratory techniques during the 2nd 5 years were limited to introduction of the No. 10 trap for collecting mosquitoes, reduction of pool size in the processing of arthropods, and modification of the techniques for handling ticks and trombieulids. During the 10 years, over 1.5 million arthropods were tested for virus, of which 1,482,686 were mosquitoes and 85,753 were other arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, lice and biting flies. A total of 473 virus strains, representing 29 different viruses, was isolated from arthropod sources. Mosquitoes were the source of 27 viruses, 1 of which was also obtained from mites; the remaining 2 agents were recovered from ticks.

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