Laboratory Transmission of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus by the Tick Hyalomma Truncatum

Abstract

Epizootic strains of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus (Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) cause serious disease in horses and humans throughout the 'New World' tropics and subtropics (WALTON & GRATSON, 1989). Although various mosquito species serve as vectors of this virus during epizootics, recent experimental evidence has indicated that ticks may be involved in the maintenance cycle (LINTHICUM et.al., 1992). With the rapid expansion of air between the Americas and Africa and Europe the potential for importation of VEE virus into the 'Old World' poses a threat to immunologically naive human and equine population

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA277712

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Linthicum
  • Thomas M. Logan

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Arbovirus Infections
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Infection
  • Rodents
  • Ticks
  • Tropical Medicine
  • Two Dimensional
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Virology (or Medical Virology).