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  • Title: Survey for potential soft tick (Acari: Argasidae) vectors of African swine fever on the island of Hispaniola.
    Author: Butler JF, Wilson DD, Garris GI, Koch HG, Crum JM, Castellanos VE.
    Journal: Exp Appl Acarol; 1985 Mar; 1(1):63-72. PubMed ID: 3870957.
    Abstract:
    A survey of the occurrence of Ornithodoros ticks in animal burrows was conducted in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Vacuum sampling techniques were used. Four of 8 sample sites in Haiti and 10 of 70 sample sites in the Dominican Republic were positive for O. puertoricensis Fox. Positive sample sites in Haiti were usually near swine. Sites in the Dominican Republic were in drier regions of the country and were not directly associated with previous swine locations. The determination that O. puertoricensis, a potential vector and reservoir of African swine fever (ASF), is present in this region may pose a serious problem for eradication of ASF from the island of Hispaniola.
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