Changes of the abundance of Culicoides obsoletus s.s. and Culicoides scoticus in Southwest Germany identified by a PCR-based differentiation

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-349

  Balczun, Carsten ^a   Vorsprach, Bettina ^a   Meiser, Christian Karl ^a   Schaub, Günter A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GERMANY; INSECT VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS; CULICOIDEA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS;

EID: 67649562501     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1412-2     Document Type: Article

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