Needed - Just one precedent
Carlos Enrique
cenrique at ag.arizona.edu
Wed Oct 18 22:16:01 EST 1995
Could you please translate the sentence that you wrote at the end of your
text.
Thanks
On 11 Oct 1995, Martin Hewlett wrote:
> An example of a virus transmitted mechanically is Equine Infectious
> Anemia virus (a retrovirus/lentivirus). Transmission is from horse to
> horse via a Tabanid fly. In this case, the biting of the fly is
> irritating and the horse tries to brush it away. The fly then goes on
> to the next horse, transmitting a bit of the blood of the first host in
> the process. The virus does not replicate in the fly (see Fields
> "Virology", Chapter 55, page 1579).
>
> In addition, many arboviruses (such as LaCrosse encephalitis virus) can
> be transmitted from one vertebrate host to another by mechanical means
> during interrupted feeding. In this case, this is a minor pathway,
> since these viruses replicate quite well in their arthropod hosts.
>
> Martin Hewlett, Ph.D.
> Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, Arizona
>
> ******* Contemplare, et contemplata aliis tradere *******
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