Culicoides midge bites modulate the host response and impact on bluetongue virus infection in sheep.

Culicoides midge bites modulate the host response and impact on bluetongue virus infection in sheep.

Many haematophagous insects produce factors that help their blood meal and coincidently favor pathogen transmission. However nothing is known about the ability of Culicoides midges to interfere with the infectivity of the viruses they transmit. Among these, Bluetongue Virus (BTV) induces a hemorrhag...

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Main Authors: Nonito Pages, Emmanuel Bréard, Céline Urien, Sandra Talavera, Cyril Viarouge, Cristina Lorca-Oro, Luc Jouneau, Bernard Charley, Stéphan Zientara, Albert Bensaid, David Solanes, Joan Pujols, Isabelle Schwartz-Cornil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3885445?pdf=render

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