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. 1987 Nov;15(3):243-8.
doi: 10.1016/0378-1135(87)90078-2.

Isolation of Akabane virus from the biting midge Culicoides oxystoma in Japan

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Isolation of Akabane virus from the biting midge Culicoides oxystoma in Japan

H Kurogi et al. Vet Microbiol. 1987 Nov.

Abstract

Akabane virus was isolated from the biting midge, Culicoides oxystoma, collected in a cowshed in Kagoshima on Kyushu Island of Japan. This is the first report on the isolation of Akabane virus from biting midges of the genus Culicoides in Japan. Two calves kept as bait in the cowshed seroconverted to Akabane virus. These results strongly suggest that C. oxystoma may be a vector of Akabane virus.

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