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DETECTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS RNA FROM THE LOUSE FLY ICOSTA AMERICANA (DIPTERA: HIPPOBOSCIDAE)
1 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (WNV) was detected by Taqman reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in 4 of 85 (4.7%) blood-engorged (n = 2) and unengorged (n = 2) Icosta americana (Leach) hippoboscid flies that were collected from wild raptors submitted to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Mercer County, NJ, in 2003. This report represents an additional detection of WNV in a nonculicine arthropod in North America and...
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