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Assessment of population genetic structure in the arbovirus vector midge, Culicoides brevitarsis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), using multi-locus DNA microsatellites.
Veterinary research - 25 Sept 2015
Onyango Maria G, Beebe Nigel W, Gopurenko David, Bellis Glenn, Nicholas Adrian, Ogugo Moses, Djikeng Appolinaire, Kemp Steve, Walker Peter J, Duchemin Jean-Bernard
Abstract excerpt
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a major pathogen of ruminants that is transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides spp.). Australian BTV serotypes have origins in Asia and are distributed across the continent into two distinct episystems, one in the north and another in the east. Culicoides brevitarsis is the major vector of BTV in Australia and is distributed across the entire geographic range of the virus. Here, we...
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