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Multiplication of the virus of epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer in Culicoides species (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

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A study of the replication of epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer (EHD) virus inCulicoides variipennis from North America and six species of Culicoides from Britain was made. The virus multiplied to a high titre inC. varriipennis following inoculation and oral ingestion; the growth cycle was similar to that of blue tongue virus. EHD virus also multiplied to a high titre following inoculation into three British species —C. riethi, C. nubeculosus (both closely related toC. variipennis), andC. impunctatus. In view of these results it is suggested thatC. variipennis may be capable of transmitting EHD virus, and that all members of thenubeculosus group ofCulicoides warrant consideration as possible vectors of viruses belonging to the bluetongue group.

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Boorman, J., Gibbs, E.P.J. Multiplication of the virus of epizootic haemorrhagic disease of deer in Culicoides species (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Archiv f Virusforschung 41, 259–266 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252773

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