Attempted mechanical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by biting insects

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Chihota, C M ^a   Rennie, L F ^c   Kitching, R P ^b   Mellor, P S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Cattle; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culicoides nubeculosus; Lumpy skin disease virus; Stomoxys calcitrans; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULEX; DIPTERA; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SHEEP; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPODA; BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; MUSCIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 0141685766     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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