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African horse sickness epidemiology: vector competence of South African Culicoides species for virus serotypes 3, 5 and 8
1 Sept 2000
Abstract excerpt
The oral susceptibilities of 17 Culicoides species to infection with African horse sickness virus (AHSV) serotypes 3, 5 and 8 were determined by feeding field-collected midges on AHSV infected horse blood. The mean titres of virus in the bloodmeals for the three serotypes of AHSV were between 5.7 and 6.5 log10 TCID50/ml. Virus was detected, after 10 days incubation at 23.5 degrees C, in the Culicoides imicola...
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