Schmallenberg virus in Italy: A retrospective survey in Culicoides stored during the bluetongue Italian surveillance program

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 230-236

  Goffredo, M ^a   Monaco, F ^a   Capelli, G ^b   Quaglia, M ^a   Federici, V ^a   Catalani, M ^a   Montarsi, F ^b   Polci, A ^a   Pinoni, C ^a   Calistri, P ^a   Savini, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blacklight traps; Cattle farm; Culicoides obsoletus; Obsoletus complex; Orthobunyavirus

Indexed keywords

BOS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLACKLIGHT TRAPS; BLUETONGUE; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARM; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; OBSOLETUS COMPLEX; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

BLACKLIGHT TRAPS; CATTLE FARM; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; OBSOLETUS COMPLEX; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MALE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 84881310975     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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