Rates of bluetongue virus transmission between Culicoides sonorensis and sheep

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-237

  Baylis, M ^a,b   O'Connell, L ^a   Mellor, P S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Bluetongue virus; Culicoides sonorensis; Sheep; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TEMPERATURE; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49749097943     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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