Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. in Culicoides Biting Midges, Australia

The bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia is known to exist in certain species of mosquito but was unknown in other arthropods. We report the detection and identification of Elizabethkingia in species of Culicoides biting midge in Australia, raising the possibility of bacterial transmission via this sp...

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Autores principales: Mee, Peter T., Lynch, Stacey E., Walker, Peter J., Melville, Lorna, Duchemin, Jean-Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726605
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.161565
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Sumario:The bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia is known to exist in certain species of mosquito but was unknown in other arthropods. We report the detection and identification of Elizabethkingia in species of Culicoides biting midge in Australia, raising the possibility of bacterial transmission via this species.

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