Effect of temperature on survival and rate of virogenesis of African horse sickness virus in Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and its significance in relation to the epidemiology of the disease

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 715-720

  Wellby, Martin P ^a   Baylis, Matthew ^a   Rawlings, Peter ^a   Mellor, Philip S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0001307037     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300039237     Document Type: Article

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