Marcela Kúdelová, Petra Belvončíková, Michaela Vrbová, Alžbeta Kovaľová, Iveta Štibrániová, Paulína Kocáková, Mirko Slovák, Eva Špitalská, Barbora Lapuníková, Radka Matúšková, Miroslava Šupolíková
Murid herpesvirus 4 (MuHV 4) strain 68 (MHV-68) is a natural pathogen of murid rodents, which serves as hosts to Dermacentor reticulatus ticks. These ticks are known to transmit multiple pathogens, which can cause diseases in humans and animals. Recently, the detection of MHV-68 antibodies in the blood of animals living in the same biotope as virus-infected mice has suggested the role of ticks in pathogen circulation in nature. Herein, to identify MHV-68 in D. reticulatus ticks, DNA samples from 432 adults were collected at two sites in southwestern Slovakia from 2011 to 2014...
October 2015: Microbial Ecology