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. 2017 Aug;23(8):1409-1410.
doi: 10.3201/eid2308.161565.

Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. in Culicoides Biting Midges, Australia

Peter T Mee, Stacey E Lynch, Peter J Walker, Lorna Melville, Jean-Bernard Duchemin

Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. in Culicoides Biting Midges, Australia

Peter T Mee et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

The bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia is known to exist in certain species of mosquito but was unknown in other arthropods. We report the detection and identification of Elizabethkingia in species of Culicoides biting midge in Australia, raising the possibility of bacterial transmission via this species.

Keywords: Australia; Culicoides; Culicoides brevitarsis; Elizabethkingia; bacteria; biting midge; mosquito.

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