Seasonal and interseasonal dynamics of bluetongue virus infection of dairy cattle and culicoides sonorensis midges in northern California - Implications for virus overwintering in temperate zones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mayo, Christie E ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^b   Reisen, William K ^c   Osborne, Cameron J ^a   Gibbs, E Paul J ^d   Gardner, Ian A ^e   MacLachlan, N James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHIRONOMIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84924934717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106975     Document Type: Article

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