Field data implicating Culicoides stellifer and Culicoides venustus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus

Field data implicating Culicoides stellifer and Culicoides venustus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus

Abstract Background Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an Orbivirus of veterinary importance which is transmitted by biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to ruminants. Culicoides sonorensis Wirth & Jones, the only confirmed vector of EHDV in the USA, is rar...

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Main Authors: Bethany L. McGregor, Kristin E. Sloyer, Katherine A. Sayler, Olivia Goodfriend, Juan M. Campos Krauer, Carolina Acevedo, Xinmi Zhang, Derrick Mathias, Samantha M. Wisely, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Culicoides stellifer
Culicoides venustus
hemorrhagic disease
epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus
Odocoileus virginianus
white-tailed deer
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3514-8

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