Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Research

Ixodid and Argasid Tick Species and West Nile Virus

Charles Henderson Lawrie*Comments to Author , Nathalie Yumari Uzcátegui*, Ernest Andrew Gould*, and Patricia Anne Nuttall*
Author affiliations: *Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Oxford, United Kingdom

Main Article

Table 1

Results of immunofluorescence assay (IFA) or nested reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from Ornithodoros moubata and Ixodes ricinus ticks fed on West Nile virus–inoculated BALB/c mice or noninfected mice (co-fed ticks)

Species Developmental stage Days from infection to infestation Days after engorgementa IFAb +/– RT-PCRc (no. positive/no. tested)
O. moubata

0
1, 2, 7
– (8)
ND
First bloodmeal
(infected mice)
Second instar
1
1–7
– (5)
ND

2
1–7, 14
+ (5)
+ (5)

3
1–7, 14
+ (5)
+ (5)

4
1, 3, 7
– (5)
ND
Third instar
2
22
+ (5)
ND

3
22
+ (5)
ND

2
132
+ (5)
7/14
Second bloodmeal
(uninfected mice)
Third instar
2
60 (3)
+ (5)
+ (5)

2
64 (7)
+ (5)
+ (5)

Fourth instar
2
75 (25)
+ (5)
+ (5)
Uninfected co-fed O. moubata ticks
Second instar
N/A
5
ND
15/66
Third instar
N/A
45
ND
4/15
I. ricinus
First bloodmeal (infected mice)
Nymph
4
2
ND
0/12

–3
2
ND
2/12

–3
30
ND
0/25
BALB/c miced N/A N/A N/A – (1) 1/17

aNumber of days after the ticks had completed feeding on inoculated mice when ticks were tested for virus infection. Where given, parentheses depict ticks that had fed a second time and the number of days after which the ticks were tested.
bTick homogenate samples were scored positive if >10% of inoculated C6/36 cells showed specific fluorescence with both 813 and 546 monoclonal antibodies. Numbers of ticks in each pool are shown in parentheses.
cWhere indicated by +, pools of ticks were tested; numbers of ticks in each pool are shown in parentheses. ND, not done.
dMice were infested with infected O. moubata ticks and after 14 days were sacrificed and the brain homogenates tested by IFA and RT-PCR. N/A, not applicable.

Main Article

Page created: February 09, 2011
Page updated: February 09, 2011
Page reviewed: February 09, 2011
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external