Multiplication Rate of Bluetongue Virus in the Vector Cuucoides Variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Infected Orally
- 23 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 15 (3) , 302-303
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/15.3.302
Abstract
Infectivity titrations (ELD50) of ground bluetongue virus-infected Culieoides variipennis females incubated at 23°C showed that an eclipse phase occurred by day 3 after oral infection. A great increase in titer occurred by day 4 (ELO50 = 104), with a slowing in the growth rate for 6 days through day 10 (ELO50 = 105) followed by a 2nd burst of BTV replication with a 100-fold increase in titer by day 14 (ELO50 = 107). This maximum titer of 107 ELO50/fly was maintained from day 14 until the tests were ended on day 35.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- TRANSMISSION OF BLUETONGUE BETWEEN SHEEP AND CATTLE BY CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS1967
- MULTIPLICATION OF BLUETONGUE VIRUS IN CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS FOLLOWING ARTIFICIAL INFECTIONAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1966