SOLDADO VIRUS FROM ORNITHODOROS (ALECTOROBIUS) MARITIMUS (IXODOIDEA-ARGASIDAE) INFESTING HERRING GULL NESTS ON PUFFIN ISLAND, NORTHERN WALES

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (3) , 243-246
Abstract
Three strains of Soldado (SOL) virus (Hughes serogroup) were isolated from nymphal and adult O. (A.) maritimus Vermeil et Marguet collected in and near nests of the herring gull, Larus argentatus argentatus Pontoppidan, in Puffin Island, N Wales. Reciprocal complement fixation (CF) titration results demonstrated recovered virus strains to be SOL virus and antigenically distinct from other Hughes serogroup members. All isolates killed mice, guinea pigs and 1-2 day old domestic chicks when inoculated intracerebrally.

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