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Isolation of a Soldado-like virus (Hughes group) fromOrnithodorus maritimus ticks in Ireland

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Three isolations of a virus of the Hughes group were obtained from seabird ectoparasites,Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus, on Great Saltee Island, Ireland. The agent is closely related to Soldado virus, originally obtained from related ticks near Trinidad, West Indies, and represents the second recorded tickborne arbovirus in Ireland.

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  1. G. A. Walton & T. C. Kelly

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University College, Cork, Ireland

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  1. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy and Infections Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, 59840, Hamilton, Montana, USA

    J. E. Keirans, C. E. Yunker, C. M. Clifford, L. A. Thomas, G. A. Walton & T. C. Kelly

  2. Department of Zoology, University College, Cork, Ireland

    J. E. Keirans, C. E. Yunker, C. M. Clifford & L. A. Thomas

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These investigations were supported in part by the Royal Irish Academy (Praeger Fund).

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Keirans, J.E., Yunker, C.E., Clifford, C.M. et al. Isolation of a Soldado-like virus (Hughes group) fromOrnithodorus maritimus ticks in Ireland. Experientia 32, 453–454 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920791

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