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Ary Farajollahi1, Wayne J Crans, Diane Nickerson, Patricia Bryant, Bruce Wolf, Amy Glaser, Theodore G Andreadis.
Abstract
West Nile virus (WNV) was detected by Taqman reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in 4 of 85 (4.7%) blood-engorged (n = 2) and unengorged (n = 2) Icosta americana (Leach) hippoboscid flies that were collected from wild raptors submitted to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Mercer County, NJ, in 2003. This report represents an additional detection of WNV in a nonculicine arthropod in North America and the first documented detection of the virus in unengorged hippoboscid flies, further suggesting a possible role that this species may play in the transmission of WNV in North America.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16506578 DOI： 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[474:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Mosq Control Assoc ISSN： 8756-971X Impact factor: 0.917