Temperature dependence of the extrinsic incubation period of orbiviruses in Culicoides biting midges.

BACKGROUND:The rate at which viruses replicate and disseminate in competent arthropod vectors is limited by the temperature of their environment, and this can be an important determinant of geographical and seasonal limits to their transmission by arthropods in temperate regions. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIP...

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Main Authors: Simon Carpenter, Anthony Wilson, James Barber, Eva Veronesi, Philip Mellor, Gert Venter, Simon Gubbins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3220716?pdf=render