Experimental BTV-3 and BTV-8 infection of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges
Voice is AI-generated
Connected to paperThis paper is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review
Experimental BTV-3 and BTV-8 infection of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges
Zeiske, S.; Sick, F.; Kampen, H.; Hoffmann, B.; Beer, M.; Wernike, K.
AbstractBTV-3 emerged in the Netherlands in 2023 and spread rapidly to neighboring countries. Compared to the BTV-8 outbreak in 2006, the course of the BTV-3 epizootic is more severe. Experimental infection of laboratory-reared Culicoides sonorensis midges showed a slightly higher replication rate of BTV-3 than of BTV-8.