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The susceptibility of the sandfly,Phlebotomus papatasi scopoli (Diptera, Psychodidae), to laboratory infection with bluetongue virus

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Bluetongue virus multiplied to a low level inPhlebotomus papatasi sandflies after intrathoracic inoculation but not after membrane feeding. It is considered unlikely that this sandfly species is a vector of bluetongue virus.

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  1. Jennings, M., Boorman, J.: The susceptibility of the sandflyLutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), Diptera Phlebotomidae, to laboratory infection with bluetongue virus. Arch. Virol.64, 127–131 (1980).

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  2. Jennings, M.: Studies on the infection of sandflies and biting midges with arboviruses. Ph. D. thesis, University of London, 1980.

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Jennings, M. The susceptibility of the sandfly,Phlebotomus papatasi scopoli (Diptera, Psychodidae), to laboratory infection with bluetongue virus. Archives of Virology 70, 381–382 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320254

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