Simultaneous quantification of the relative abundance of species complex members: Application to Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides scoticus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), potential vectors of bluetongue virus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 297-306

  Mathieu, Bruno ^a,c   Delecolle, Jean Claude ^a   Garros, Claire ^b   Balenghien, Thomas ^b   Setier Rio, Marie Laure ^c   Candolfi, Ermanno ^a   Cêtre Sossah, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UMR ASTRE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Bluetongue; C. scoticus; Culicoides obsoletus; Molecular identification assay; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DNA, INTERGENIC; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 80755133730     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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