Development and evaluation of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for Culicoides imicola, one of the main vectors of bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) in Africa and Europe

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 372-382

  Cêtre Sossah, Catherine ^a   Mathieu, Bruno ^b   Setier Rio, Marie Laure ^b   Grillet, Colette ^a   Baldet, Thierry ^a   Delécolle, Jean Claude ^c   Albina, Emmanuel ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Entente Interdepartementale pour la Demoustication du Littoral Mediterraneen   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Bluetongue; Culicoides imicola ss; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PLASMID DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA PURIFICATION; EUROPE; FRANCE; HORSE DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP DISEASE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 45449083438     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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