Blood-feeding, susceptibility to infection with Schmallenberg virus and phylogenetics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Kingdom

Blood-feeding, susceptibility to infection with Schmallenberg virus and phylogenetics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Kingdom

Abstract Background Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are responsible for the biological transmission of internationally important arboviruses of livestock. In 2011, a novel Orthobunyavirus was discovered in northern Europe causing congenital malformations and abortions in ruminant...

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Main Authors: James Barber, Lara E. Harrup, Rhiannon Silk, Eva Veronesi, Simon Gubbins, Katarzyna Bachanek-Bankowska, Simon Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Vector competence
Biting midges
Arbovirus
SBV
Orthobunyavirus
DNA barcode
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2650-x

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