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Relationship of cliff swallows, ectoparasites, and an Alphavirus in west-central Oklahoma
C E Hopla1, D B Francy, C H Calisher
1Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019.
Journal of Medical Entomology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Approximately 250 isolates of a newly recognized virus, related to western equine encephalitis virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus), were obtained from cimicid bugs, Oeciacus vicarius; Cliff Swallows, Hirundo pyrrhonata; and House Sparrows, Passer domesticus in a study area in west-central Oklahoma at Buggy Creek and Caddo Canyons. Antigenicity of the virus strains varied slightly from isolate to isolate. This paper summarizes the ecology of the area by describing in general the flora and fauna there.