Vector competence of Culicoides for arboviruses: Three major periods of research, their influence on current studies and future directions

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 97-112

  Carpenter, S ^a   Veronesi, E ^a,b   Mullens, B ^c   Venter, G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horse sickness virus; Arbovirus; Bluetongue virus; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Epidemiology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; DIPTERA; REOVIRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84938096311     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.34.1.2347     Document Type: Article

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