Abstract
Summary
The Western type of equine encephalomyelitis virus has been isolated from wild bird mites. Liponyssus bursa (Berlese), collected in the Udllas County, Texas area. At the present time the epidemiological role played by the wild bird mite and the chicken mite. Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer), from which the Western equine virus had been previously isolated, is unknown. The purpose of this report is to emphasize the importance of virus isolations from similar blrd mites in two widely separated areas.
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