No experimental evidence of co-feeding transmission of african swine fever virus between Ornithodoros soft ticks

Ornithodoros soft ticks are the only known vector and reservoir of the African swine fever virus, a major lethal infectious disease of Suidae. The co-feeding event for virus transmission and maintenance among soft tick populations has been poorly documented. We infected Ornithodoros moubata, a known tick vector in Africa, with an African swine fever virus strain originated in Africa, to test its ability to infect O. moubata through co-feeding on domestic pigs. In our experimental conditions, tick-to-tick virus transmission through co-feeding failed, although pigs became infected through the infectious tick bite.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Pereira De Oliveira, Rémi, Hutet, Evelyne, Duhayon, Maxime, Paboeuf, Frédéric, Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique, Vial, Laurence
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	L73 - Maladies des animaux, L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux, Ornithodoros moubata, virus peste porcine africaine, peste porcine africaine, Argasidae, vecteur de maladie, transmission des maladies, maladie des animaux, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_30948, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8649, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26754, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8919, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8164, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2329, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_426, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_165,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/595286/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/595286/1/pathogens-09-00168.pdf
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