| soldado virus (hughes group) from ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis (ixodoidea: argasidae) infesting sooty tern colonies in the seychelles, indian ocean. | in the summer of 1973, about 5,000 pairs of adult sooty terns abandoned a specific part of their breeding grounds on bird island in the seychelles. incubated eggs and newly hatched chicks were left unattended and the area was not reoccupied in 1974. numerous ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis occurred in the deserted part in both years, but few or none in the area where bird breeding was normal. persons visiting the deserted area were bitten by many ticks and experienced severe pruritus persis ... | 1975 | 1200252 |