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Abstract
Akabane virus replicated in Culicoides nubeculosus and Culicoides variipennis after intrathoracic inoculation and was maintained in both species of midge for at least 9 days post-infection. The virus also replicated to high concentration in C. variipennis after oral infection and was transmitted through a membrane by this species of midge 7-10 days after infection. The experiments described in this paper provided the first definitive evidence that Culicoides spp. are able to act as fully competent vectors of Akabane virus.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2609498 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(89)90024-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Microbiol ISSN: 0378-1135 Impact factor: 3.293