Isolation of tyuleniy virus from ticks ixodes (Ceratixodes) putus Pick.-camb. 1878 collected on Commodore Islands

Abstract

Virus strain LEIV-284 Ka was isolated from Ixodes (Ceratixodes) putus tick collected in August, 1970, from Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas (pelagic cormorants) on Commodore Islands. The strain was shown to be identical with strains of Tyuleniy virus, a group B arbovirus, recovered in 1969 on Tyuleniy Island, Sea of Okhotsk. On Commodore Islands, hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies for the virus were found in 6% of the residents, 22% of fur seals, 24% of Uria aalge (common murres), 23% of Lunda cirrhata (tufted puffins) and in 11% of the Rissa tridactyla (black legged Kittiwakes). © 1972 Springer-Verlag.