Tickborne Viruses in Western North America: II. Yaquina Head, a new arbovirus of the Kemerovo group isolated from Ixodes uriae

• Published in: Journal of Medical Entomology
• Main Authors: Yunker, C. E., Clifford, C. M., Keirans, J. E., Thomas, L. A., Cory, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1973
• Subjects: Articles; Argas; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/10/3/264; https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/10.3.264

Yaquina Head virus, an undescribed arbovirus isolated frequently from Oregon populations of Ixodes uriae White is characterized with regard to certain serological, biological and physical properties. Complement-fixation and neutralization tests demonstrate its relationship to the Palearctic viruses,...