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  • Title: [Ticks of the family Ixodidae in Guinea and the isolation of arboviruses from them. II. Results of virologic and serologic research].
    Author: Konstaninov OK, Butenko AM, Bashkirtsev VN, Libev MB, Marinina VP.
    Journal: Med Parazitol (Mosk); 1989; (4):9-13. PubMed ID: 2811754.
    Abstract:
    55697 Ixodidae ticks of 35 species, belonging to 7 genera, were collected in Guinea in 1981-1983. Virological study of 29410 ticks was performed by intracerebral infection of newborn white mice. 49 viral strains were isolated. Authors identified 38 strains of the 8 following arboviruses: Dugbe, Bhanja, CGL-Congo (ecologically connected with ticks), blue tongue virus of sheep and Abadine (association with ticks was found for the first time), Kindia and Forekarya (the new viruses). Serological screening of cattle (by means of agar diffuse precipitation reaction) has demonstrated a wide distribution of isolated viruses in Guinea. Most active circulation was that of Abadine virus. Its peak was observed in the humid season, the period of Amblyomma variegatum imago domination on cattle, this tick being the main source and vector of the virus, as experimentally confirmed.
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