A comparison of the susceptibility of Culicoides imicola and C. bolitinos to oral infection with eight serotypes of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-207

  Paweska, J T ^a,c   Venter, G J ^a   Hamblin, C ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus; Oral susceptibility; South Africa

Indexed keywords

VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ORBIVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, EPIZOOTIC; INSECT VECTORS; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BELTRANMYIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES MAGNUS; CULICOIDES ZULUENSIS; DIPTERA; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 20144381616     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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