A comparison of the vector competence of the biting midges, Culicoides (Avaritia) bolitinos and C. (A.) imicola, for the Bryanston serotype of equine encephalosis virus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 372-377

  Venter, Gert J ^a   Groenewald, D ^a   Venter, E ^a,b   Hermanides, K G ^a   Howell, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C. imicola; Culicoides bolitinos; Equine encephalosis virus; Oral susceptibility; Prevalence of infection; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUINE ENCEPHALOSIS VIRUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0347298740     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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