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Vertical transmission in the culicoid vector as a possible mechanism for bluetongue virus transeasonality

Deines, Susan Marie, author, Blair, Carol D., advisor, Beaty, Barry, committee member, Salman, Mowafak, committee memberColorado State University. Libraries1995

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is transmitted between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors in the genus Culicoides. In tropical and sub-tropical climates the virus is maintained in a continual cycle between the culicoid vector and the vertebrate host; however, bluetongue disease is also enzootic in …

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