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From: First detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros porcinus in Madagascar and new insights into tick distribution and taxonomy

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Infested pig farm in Mahitsy (Madagascar). (2A) presents the building where O. porcinus ticks have been found. This building is typical from the Antananarivo zone with sand or mud soils, mud or concrete brick walls with few or no apertures except the door, and is located at the ground level of a two-storey human dwelling. (2B) presents one of the cracks inside the building where ticks were found and (2C) shows one tick (pointed by a white arrow) and many sloughed shins collected from these cracks.

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