Kyasanur forest disease virus in three species of rodents

Palm squirrels ( Funambulus ) circulated KFD virus to high titres and the majority died. Rattus rattus wroughtoni and R. blandfordi circulated KFD virus to low titres without dying or showing evidence of disease. Blood-fed lice from squirrels were found to contain virus and these arthropods may play...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Main Author: Webb, H.E.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1965
Subjects:
Communications
Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/59/2/205
https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(65)90082-9
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Summary:Palm squirrels ( Funambulus ) circulated KFD virus to high titres and the majority died. Rattus rattus wroughtoni and R. blandfordi circulated KFD virus to low titres without dying or showing evidence of disease. Blood-fed lice from squirrels were found to contain virus and these arthropods may play a minor role in the mechanical transmission of KFD from squirrel to squirrel.

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