Quantifying bluetongue virus in adult Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Veronesi, Eva ^a   Mertens, Peter P C ^a   Shaw, Andrew E ^a   Brownlie, Joe ^b   Mellor, Philip S ^a   Carpenter, Simon T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides; Oral susceptibility; Tissuelyser; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; VIRAL LOAD;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38949148947     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[129:QBVIAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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