Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Complex in Virginia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 818-824

  Schmidtmann, E T ^a   Holbrook, F R ^a   Day, E ^b   Taylor, T ^c   Tabachnick, W J ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Culicoides variipennis; Orbiviruses; Population genetics; Vector distribution; Virginia

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; ORBIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

ISOENZYME; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; MARYLAND; PHYLOGENY; VIRGINIA; WATER;

EID: 0032160193     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.818     Document Type: Article

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