| Literature DB >> 8059064 |
H G Zeller1, J P Cornet, J L Camicas.
Abstract
In Senegal, wild ground-feeding birds are frequently infested with immature ticks. In two areas where numerous Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus isolations were obtained from Hyalomma marginatum rufipes adult ticks collected on ungulates, 175 birds were captured and sera collected. CCHF antibodies were detected by ELISA in 6/22 red-beaked hornbills (Tockus erythrorhynchus), 2/11 glossy starlings (Lamprotornis sp.) and 1/3 guinea fowls. The virus was isolated from H. m. rufipes nymphs collected on a hornbill. The role of wild ground-feeding birds in CCHF virus ecology in West Africa is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8059064 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2516(07)80012-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Virol ISSN: 0923-2516