title: African swine fever virus infection in Ornithodoros ticks.
abstract: African swine fever virus (ASFV) is an arbovirus which is vectored by soft ticks of the Ornithodoros spp. and in the sylvatic cycle infects wart hogs and bush pigs. ASFV infection of domestic swine causes a high mortality disease. On the other hand, ASFV infection of the tick can result in a high-titered and persistent infection depending upon the ASFV isolate and the tick combination. Recently, morphological, classical virology (titration) and recombinant ASFV have been used to study the cellular, molecular and genetic interactions that occur between ASFV and its host tick.
authors.affiliation: Department of Homeland Security, S & T, Targeted Advance Development, Virus, Cellular and Molecular Imaging, PO Box 848, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Greenport, NY 11944, United States. thomas.burrage@hq.dhs.gov
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Burrage
mesh_terms: D000358:African Swine Fever Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D026861:Ornithodoros / Q000821:virology*