Rapid diagnostic PCR assays for members of the Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides pulicaris species complexes, implicated vectors of bluetongue virus in Europe

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 82-94

  Nolan, Damien V ^a   Carpenter, Simon ^b   Barber, James ^b   Mellor, Philip S ^b   Dallas, John F ^a  

^a Luntz), A Jennifer   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. obsoletus complex; C. pulicaris complex; COI; Culicoides; mtDNA; Species specific PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLADISTICS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DIPTERA;

EID: 34547697589     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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