TY - JOUR
T1 - Bivens arm virus
T2 - A new rhabdovirus isolated from Culicoides insignis in Florida and related to Tibrogargan virus of Australia
AU - Gibbs, E. Paul J.
AU - Calisher, Charles H.
AU - Tesh, Robert B.
AU - Lazuick, John S.
AU - Bowen, Richard
AU - Greiner, Ellis C.
N1 - Funding Information:
1College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 (U.S.A.) 2Arbovirus Reference Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (U.S.A.) :~Y ale Arbovirus Research Unit, School of Medicine, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510 (U.S.A.) 4College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 (U.S.A.)
PY - 1989/2
Y1 - 1989/2
N2 - During field studies in 1981 on the transmission of bluetongue viruses in ruminants in Florida, a virus was isolated from Culicoides insignis collected near water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) recently imported from Trinidad. Electron microscopy showed that this isolate, for which the same Bivens Arm virus is proposed, has rhabdovirus morphology. Serologic comparisons were made with recognized rhabdoviruses from terrestrial vertebrates and hematophagous arthropods. Indirect fluorescent antibody, complement fixation and neutralization tests indicated antigenic reactivity between Bivens Arm virus and two rhabdoviruses found only in Australia, Tibrogargan and Coastal Plains viruses. The Australian isolates cause subclinical infections in cattle and water buffalo and are believed to be transmitted by Culicoides. Initially, it was thought that Bivens Arm virus may have been introduced to Florida with the water buffalo from Trinidad, but a serologic survey of cattle serum, collected before the importation of the buffalo revealed antibody to the virus in cattle on farms located in diverse areas of Florida.
AB - During field studies in 1981 on the transmission of bluetongue viruses in ruminants in Florida, a virus was isolated from Culicoides insignis collected near water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) recently imported from Trinidad. Electron microscopy showed that this isolate, for which the same Bivens Arm virus is proposed, has rhabdovirus morphology. Serologic comparisons were made with recognized rhabdoviruses from terrestrial vertebrates and hematophagous arthropods. Indirect fluorescent antibody, complement fixation and neutralization tests indicated antigenic reactivity between Bivens Arm virus and two rhabdoviruses found only in Australia, Tibrogargan and Coastal Plains viruses. The Australian isolates cause subclinical infections in cattle and water buffalo and are believed to be transmitted by Culicoides. Initially, it was thought that Bivens Arm virus may have been introduced to Florida with the water buffalo from Trinidad, but a serologic survey of cattle serum, collected before the importation of the buffalo revealed antibody to the virus in cattle on farms located in diverse areas of Florida.
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-1135(89)90079-5
DO - 10.1016/0378-1135(89)90079-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 2650459
AN - SCOPUS:0024615939
SN - 0378-1135
VL - 19
SP - 141
EP - 150
JO - Veterinary Microbiology
JF - Veterinary Microbiology
IS - 2
ER -