PCR identification of culicoid biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) of the Obsoletus complex including putative vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses

BACKGROUND: Biting midges of the Obsoletus species complex of the ceratopogonid genus Culicoides were assumed to be the major vectors of bluetongue virus (BTV) in northern and central Europe during the 2006 outbreak of bluetongue disease (BT). Most recently, field specimens of the same group of spec...

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Autores principales: Lehmann, Kathrin, Werner, Doreen, Hoffmann, Bernd, Kampen, Helge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3508804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23013614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-213

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