title: HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION OF THE WESTERN TYPE OF EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS IN THE WOOD TICK, DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI STILES.
abstract: The Western type of equine encephalomyelitis virus can be passed as an hereditary infection in a tick of the family Ixodidae, Dermacentor andersoni Stiles. Under experimental conditions, this virus has been carried in this tick for two successive generations, possibly for a third, passing certainly once, and possibly twice, from the female through the eggs to the larvae. The virus-carrying larval, nymphal, and adult stages of this tick, furthermore, are capable of infecting susceptible hosts when they are permitted to feed on them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Syverton
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Berry