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. 2013 Jan;19(1):106-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1901.121054.

Schmallenberg virus in Culicoides spp. biting midges, the Netherlands, 2011

Armin R W Elbers  1 , Rudy Meiswinkel, Erik van Weezep, Marianne M Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, Engbert A Kooi
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Schmallenberg virus in Culicoides spp. biting midges, the Netherlands, 2011

Armin R W Elbers et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

To determine which species of Culicoides biting midges carry Schmallenberg virus (SBV), we assayed midges collected in the Netherlands during autumn 2011. SBV RNA was found in C. scoticus, C. obsoletus sensu stricto, and C. chiopterus. The high proportion of infected midges might explain the rapid spread of SBV throughout Europe.

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Phylogenetic tree comparing Schmallenberg virus–positive Culicoides spp. biting midge abdomens isolated in different regions in the Netherlands, 2011, with reference sequences from Deblauwe et al. (7). C. imicola was used as an outgroup. Bootstrap values are indicated at the significant nodes. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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