An alternative method of blood-feeding Culicoides imicola and other haematophagous Culicoides species for vector competence studies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 331-335

  Venter, G J ^a   Paweska, J T ^b   Lunt, H ^c   Mellor, P S ^c   Carpenter, S ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood meal size; Bluetongue virus; Cotton pledget feeding; Culicoides imicola; Membrane feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DISEASE CARRIER; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES (GENUS); CULICOIDES (SUBGENUS); CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 22244436557     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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