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Virus Name:
Quaranfil
Abbreviation:
QRFV
Status
Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
2
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
Other Information
Antigenic Group
Quaranfil
Section IX - Experimental Arthropod Infection and Transmission
Arthropod species & virus source(a)
Method of Infection log10/ml (b)
Incubation period (c)
Transmision by bite (d)
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Argas arboreus adults and nymphs infected by feeding or puncture transmitted by bite to 1-3 day chicks after extrinsic incubation periods of 12-57 days. Successful transmission experiments also with A. hermanni and Ornithodoros savignyi ticks.
Can be propagated in serial passage by inoculation in Ornithodoros savignyi and larva of Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) but not in Culex tarsalis and several other arthropods tested (9).
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