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Role of different Culicoides vectors (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in bluetongue virus transmission and overwintering in Sardinia (Italy)

BACKGROUND: Bluetongue (BT) epidemics have affected the Mediterranean island of Sardinia since 2000. While Culicoides imicola represents the main bluetongue virus (BTV) vector, other European Culicoides biting midges, possibly implicated in virus transmission, have been detected here. Understanding...

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Autores principales: Foxi, Cipriano, Delrio, Gavino, Falchi, Giovanni, Marche, Maria Giovanna, Satta, Giuseppe, Ruiu, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27502924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1733-9