Experimental infection studies of uk Culicoides species midges with bluetongue virus serotypes 8 and 9

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...

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Published inVeterinary record Vol. 163; no. 20; pp. 589 - 592
Main Authors Carpenter, S., McArthur, C., Selby, R., Ward, R., Nolan, D. V., Mordue Luntz, A. J., Dallas, J. F., Tripet, F., Mellor, P. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 15.11.2008
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Animals
Bluetongue virus
Bluetongue virus - classification
Bluetongue virus - isolation & purification
Bluetongue virus - physiology
Ceratopogonidae - classification
Ceratopogonidae - virology
Culicoides
diagnostic techniques
disease vectors
Infections
Insect Vectors - classification
Insect Vectors - virology
Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary
Serotyping - veterinary
Species Specificity
Studies
United Kingdom
Virus Replication
Viruses
United Kingdom
France
Germany
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Summary: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 log10 tcid50/midge, the first evidence of the potential of this species to transmit btv.
Bibliography:http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/
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ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.163.20.589