| Literature DB >> 19011244 |
S Carpenter1, C McArthur, R Selby, R Ward, D V Nolan, A J Mordue Luntz, J F Dallas, F Tripet, P S Mellor.
Abstract
This paper describes a rapid, standardised method for testing the susceptibility to bluetongue virus (BTV) of northern Palaearctic Culicoides species midges that can be used to assess the competence of both field-caught and laboratory-infected midges. The method has been used to show that Culicoides scoticus can replicate btv serotype 8 and BTV serotype 9 strains to more than 3 log(10) TCID50/midge, the first evidence of the potential of this species to transmit BTV.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19011244 DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.20.589
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Rec ISSN: 0042-4900 Impact factor: 2.695