The susceptibility of Culicoides imicola and other South African livestock-associated Culicoides species to infection with bluetongue virus serotype 8

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-326

  Venter, G J ^a   Wright, I M ^b,e   Del Rio, R ^c   Lucientes, J ^d   Miranda, M A ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b ARC OVI   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e Deltamune (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 8; BTV 8; Culicoides imicola; Oral susceptibility; Orbivirus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEMBRANE; MOSQUITO; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EUROPE; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; SOUTH AFRICA;

NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; ORBIVIRUS;

EID: 79961106432     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00931.x     Document Type: Review

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