DETECTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS RNA FROM THE LOUSE FLY ICOSTA AMERICANA (DIPTERA: HIPPOBOSCIDAE)

ARY FARAJOLLAHI; WAYNE J. CRANS; DIANE NICKERSON; PATRICIA BRYANT; BRUCE WOLF; AMY GLASER; THEODORE G. ANDREADIS

doi:10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[474:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2

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1 December 2005 DETECTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS RNA FROM THE LOUSE FLY ICOSTA AMERICANA (DIPTERA: HIPPOBOSCIDAE)

ARY FARAJOLLAHI, WAYNE J. CRANS, DIANE NICKERSON, PATRICIA BRYANT, BRUCE WOLF, AMY GLASER, THEODORE G. ANDREADIS

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J. of the American Mosquito Control Association, 21(4):474-476 (2005). https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[474:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) was detected by Taqman reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in 4 of 85 (4.7%) blood-engorged (n = 2) and unengorged (n = 2) Icosta americana (Leach) hippoboscid flies that were collected from wild raptors submitted to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Mercer County, NJ, in 2003. This report represents an additional detection of WNV in a nonculicine arthropod in North America and the first documented detection of the virus in unengorged hippoboscid flies, further suggesting a possible role that this species may play in the transmission of WNV in North America.

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ARY FARAJOLLAHI, WAYNE J. CRANS, DIANE NICKERSON, PATRICIA BRYANT, BRUCE WOLF, AMY GLASER, and THEODORE G. ANDREADIS "DETECTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS RNA FROM THE LOUSE FLY ICOSTA AMERICANA (DIPTERA: HIPPOBOSCIDAE)," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 21(4), 474-476, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[474:DOWNVR]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 December 2005

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