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THE ISOLATION OF SAUMAREZ REEF VIRUS, A NEW FLAVIVIRUS, FROM BIRD TICKS ORNITHODOROS CAPENSIS AND IXODES EUDYPTIDIS IN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
St. George TD,
Standfast HA,
Doherty RL,
Carley JG,
Fillipich Cheryl,
Brandsma Janet
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1977.49
Subject(s) - biology , larus , flavivirus , ornithodoros , zoology , tick , arbovirus , ixodidae , ixodes , acari , ecology , virology , virus , fishery , herring , fish <actinopterygii>
Summary Strains of a new flavivirus, for which the name Saumarez Reef Virus is proposed, were isolated from seabird ticks collected from four localities. Two strains were isolated from ticks of the species Ornithodoros capensis Neumann 1901 collected from the nests of Sooty Terns, Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766 on coral cays off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. The other three strains were isolated from ticks of the species Ixodes eudyptidis Masked 1885 taken from two dead Silver Gulls Larus novachollandiae Stephens 1826 in northern Tasmania. The new virus was compared serologically with 50 other flaviviruses at the Yale Arbovirus Research Unit and was found to be most closely related to Tyuleniy virus.