Abstract
We screened salivary glands from adult deer ticks collected near Spooner and Hayward, Wisconsin, to determine whether deer tick virus, a recently described flavivirus, occurs with other tickborne agents in the upper Midwest. Intraacinar inclusions suggestive of replicating virus were detected in 4 (4.6%) of 87 ticks. The virus was isolated by suckling-mouse inoculation.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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DNA, Viral
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Deer / parasitology
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / classification
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / genetics
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
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Female
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Ixodes / virology*
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Male
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Mice
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Rabbits
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics
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Wisconsin
Substances
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DNA, Viral
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NS5 protein, flavivirus
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins
Associated data
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GENBANK/AF135459
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GENBANK/AF135460
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GENBANK/AF135461