Experimental BTV-3 and BTV-8 infection of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges
Sophie Zeiske, Franziska Sick, Helge Kampen, Bernd Hoffmann, Martin Beer, Kerstin Wernike
We experimentally infected laboratory-reared Culicoides sonorensis biting midges with bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes 3 and 8 using virus-containing blood meal and found slightly higher replication rates of BTV-3.
Parasites & Vectors · Jun 20, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology