A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago Author Basu, A. K. Author Basu, M. Author Adesiyun, A. A. text Acarologia 2012 2012-03-30 52 1 39 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034 journal article 7340 10.1051/acarologia/20122034 af1c13af-ed12-4d49-ba0d-eb5e1886de63 2107-7207 4667077 Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis Kohls et al. (1965) recorded O. ( A .) capensis from spotted sandpipers, Actitis macularia from Laventile swamp, Port of Spain , Trinidad . Aitken et al. (1969) further recorded O. ( A. ) capensis during their survey of arthropods for natural virus infection. Between 1962 and 1965, 15 strains of Hughes virus were isolated from Soldado Rock, a small limestone island located about 9.6 km off the southwestern tip of Trinidad . Seven isolates came from ticks of the O. capensis complex and eight from nestling terns Sterna fuscata ( Aitken et al. 1968b ) . Jonkers et al. (1973) reported Soldado virus (TRVL 52214), a new viral agent, isolated from a pool of nymphal O. capensis ticks (either Ornithodoros capensis sensu stricto or O. denmarki ) collected from a brown noddy ( Anous stolidus ) on Soldado Rock. O. ( A. ) capensis is also known to transmit other Soldado viruses in Hawaii, Seychelles , Trinidad and Ethiopia ( Labuda and Nuttall 2004 ); Johnston Atoll virus, Abal virus in Central Pacific Islands, Australia , New Zealand , SW Africa (Hoogstraal 2003); Upolu virus in Australia ; Baku virus in Azerbaijan; Aransas Bay virus in Texas , USA ; Saumarez Reef virus in Tasmania; Hirota virus on Aomatsushima Island, Japan and, Midway virus in Hawaii ( Labuda and Nuttall 2004 ). Distribution: Dassen Island and Malagas Island ( South Africa ), Australia , Central Pacific, Ethiopia , Hawaii, Marshall Islands , New Zealand , Texas, Dominica , Jamaica , Cuba ( Kohls et al. 1965 ; Cruz 2001 ).