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  • Title: Detection of West Nile virus RNA from the louse fly Icosta americana (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).
    Author: Farajollahi A, Crans WJ, Nickerson D, Bryant P, Wolf B, Glaser A, Andreadis TG.
    Journal: J Am Mosq Control Assoc; 2005 Dec; 21(4):474-6. PubMed ID: 16506578.
    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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