Isolation of Ganjam Virus from Ticks Collected off Domestic Animals Around Pune, Maharashtra, India

M. V. Joshi; G. Geevarghese; G. D. Joshi; Y. S. Ghodke; D. T. Mourya; A. C. Mishra; M. V. Joshi

doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0204:IOGVFT]2.0.CO;2

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1 March 2005 Isolation of Ganjam Virus from Ticks Collected off Domestic Animals Around Pune, Maharashtra, India

M. V. Joshi, G. Geevarghese, G. D. Joshi, Y. S. Ghodke, D. T. Mourya, A. C. Mishra, M. V. Joshi

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J. of Medical Entomology, 42(2):204-206 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0204:IOGVFT]2.0.CO;2

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Studies on viruses of zoonotic importance in certain villages around Pune were undertaken between December 2000 and January 2002. A total of 1,138 adult ticks belonging to six different species were collected off domestic animals and processed for virus isolation. Six virus isolates were obtained. All six isolates were identified as Ganjam virus by Quick Complement Fixation test and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction using RNA nucleocapsid gene amplification. Five isolates were from the pools of adult Hemaphysalis intermedia ticks, and one isolate was from a pool of adult Rhipecephalus hemaphysaloides. This is the first report of isolation of Ganjam virus from Maharashtra state of India.

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M. V. Joshi, G. Geevarghese, G. D. Joshi, Y. S. Ghodke, D. T. Mourya, A. C. Mishra, and M. V. Joshi "Isolation of Ganjam Virus from Ticks Collected off Domestic Animals Around Pune, Maharashtra, India," Journal of Medical Entomology 42(2), 204-206, (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0204:IOGVFT]2.0.CO;2

Received: 1 March 2004; Accepted: 15 July 2004; Published: 1 March 2005

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