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      Effects of infection of the tick Ornithodoros moubata with African swine fever virus.

      Medical and Veterinary Entomology
      African Swine Fever, epidemiology, transmission, virology, African Swine Fever Virus, pathogenicity, Animals, Arachnid Vectors, growth & development, physiology, Feeding Behavior, Female, Molting, Oviposition, Statistics, Nonparametric, Swine, Tick Infestations, parasitology, veterinary, Ticks

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          The effects of infection with African swine fever virus (ASFV) on adult and nymphal Ornithodoros moubata Murray (Ixodoidea, Argasidae) ticks were examined. Three groups of ticks were used, an uninfected control group, one group infected with the VIC T90/1 isolate of ASFV and another group infected with the LIV 13/33 isolate of ASFV. Infection with ASFV did not affect the oviposition rates of infected ticks when compared with uninfected ticks. There was no difference between infected and uninfected ticks in progeny hatching rates and first nymphal stage feeding rates. Feeding rates of infected adult ticks were also unaffected. However, a significant increase in mortality rates was observed amongst the adult ticks that fed on an infective bloodmeal compared to ticks fed on an unifected bloodmeal.

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