Comparison of two trapping methods for Culicoides biting midges and determination of African horse sickness virus prevalence in midge populations at Onderstepoort, South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 265-273

  Scheffer, Elisabeth G ^a,e   Venter, Gert J ^a,b   Labuschagne, Karien ^a,b   Page, Patrick C ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^c   MacLachlan, N James ^d   Osterrieder, Nikolaus ^e   Guthrie, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

African horse sickness virus; Collection methods; Culicoides; Light trap; Mechanical aspiration

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES GULBENKIANI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LEUCOSTICTUS; CULICOIDES NIVOSUS; CULICOIDES PYCNOSTICTUS; CULICOIDES TUTTIFRUTTI; FEMALE; HORSE; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; ONDERSTEPOORT LIGHT TRAP; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIRUS DETECTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; AVARITIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORBIVIRUS; REOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84858295955     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.037     Document Type: Article

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