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. 2012 Jul;18(7):1204-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1807.120385.

Culicoids as vectors of Schmallenberg virus

Lasse Dam Rasmussen, Birgit Kristensen, Carsten Kirkeby, Thomas Bruun Rasmussen, Graham J Belsham, René Bødker, Anette Bøtner

Culicoids as vectors of Schmallenberg virus

Lasse Dam Rasmussen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jul.
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RNA extracted from pools of Culicoides obsoletus group midges was tested in 1-step reverse transcription quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCRs) for the Schmallenberg virus large segment, and the products were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. Lanes 1–8, C. obsoletus group midge pools 1–8; lanes 9–10; negative and positive controls, respectively. Numbers below lanes are cycle threshold values from RT-qPCRs; –, no value. M, size marker. Amplicons (145 bp) from positive pools were extracted and sequenced.
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Figure A1
Location of trap site with culicoids positive for Schmallenberg virus (red dot), Hokkerup, Denmark, 2011.
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