Recovery rates of bluetongue virus serotypes 1, 2, 4 and 8 Spanish strains from orally infected Culicoides imicola in South Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-167

  Del Rio Lopez R ^a   Miranda, M A ^a   Paredes Esquivel, C ^a   Lucientes, J ^b   Calvete, C ^c   Estrada, R ^b   Venter, G J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^d ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides imicola; Infection rate; Oral susceptibility; Vector capability

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INSECT; RISK FACTOR; RUMINANT; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARBOVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 2; BOVIDAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; ORBIVIRUS; ORTHOREOVIRUS; REOVIRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860528904     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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