Molecular Identification of Western European Species of Obsoletus Complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) by an Internal Transcribed Spacer-1 rDNA Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

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In southern Europe, orbiviral diseases such as bluetongue (BT) have been assumed to have been largely transmitted by the classical Afro-Asian vector Culicoides imicola Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Recent outbreaks have occurred in regions where C. imicola is normally absent, supporting the theory that other species belonging to the Obsoletus or Pulicaris complexes may play a role in BT virus transmission....

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