Rapid spread of schmallenberg virus-infected biting midges (Culicoides spp.) across Denmark in 2012

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-16

  Rasmussen, L D ^a   Kirkeby, C ^a   Bodker R ^a   Kristensen, B ^a   Rasmussen, T B ^a   Belsham, G J ^a   Botner A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Culicoides spp.; Insect vector; Schmallenberg virus

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; HEXAPODA;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES SPP.; DENMARK; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

BITING MIDGES; CULICOIDES SPP.; INSECT VECTOR; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DENMARK; INSECT VECTORS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84891830914     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12189     Document Type: Article

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