Culicoids as vectors of Schmallenberg virus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1204-1206

  Rasmussen, Lasse Dam ^a   Kristensen, Birgit ^a   Kirkeby, Carsten ^a   Rasmussen, Thomas Bruun ^a   Belsham, Graham J ^a   Bødker, René ^a   Bøtner, Anette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; DENMARK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DENMARK; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84862565847     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.120385     Document Type: Letter

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