Bluetongue virus isolations from midges belonging to the obsoletus complex (Culicoides, Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Italy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Savini, G ^a   Goffredo, M ^a   Monaco, F ^a   Di Gennaro, A ^a   Cafiero, M A ^b   Baldi, L ^c   De Santis, P ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^a   Caporale, V ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EPIDEMIC; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ITALY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 2; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES (GENUS); CULICOIDES (SUBGENUS); CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 23344442528     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.5.133     Document Type: Article

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