Isolation of arboviruses (Kemerovo group, Sakhalin group) from Ixodes uriae collected at Macquarie Island, Southern ocean.
Eighty-nine pools of ticks (Ixodes [Ceratixodes] uriae White) collected at Macquarie Island (54 degrees 30' S, 159 degrees E) in the Southern Ocean yielded 16 strains of 2 viruses, 1 a "new" member of the Kemerovo group and 1 a "new" member of the Sakhalin group. The names "Nugget" and "Taggert" are proposed for them. Antigenically-related viruses have therefore now been isolated from I. uriae in both subarctic and subantarctic regions.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D000939:Epitopes; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000276:immunology; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010139:Pacific Islands; D013987:Ticks; D014713:Viruses, Unclassified / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes