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A previously undescribed arbovirus, proposed name Aride virus, was recovered fromAmblyomma loculosum Neumann, collected from dead roseate ternsSterna dougallii arideensis Mathews in the Seychelles. Some important tick-virus-host associations are discussed.
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From Research Projects MF 51.524.009-3022 B and -0055, Naval Medical Research and Development Command, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy or of the naval service at large.
The field work was supported by a Natural Environment Research Council Research Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen Scotland, and in part by NAMRU-3.
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Converse, J.D., Hoogstraal, H., Moussa, M.I. et al. Aride virus, a new ungrouped arbovirus infectingAmblyomma loculosum ticks from roseate terns in the Seychelles. Archives of Virology 50, 237–240 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320577
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