MicrobiologyJournal of VirologyPeer-reviewed
Schmallenberg virus non-structural proteins NSs and NSm are not essential for experimental infection of Culicoides sonorensis biting midges
Kerstin Wernike, Ana Vasić, Susanne Amler…·Martin Beer
This study investigates the role of non-structural proteins NSs and NSm in Schmallenberg virus infection of Culicoides sonorensis midges, finding that their absence does not affect infection rates, but a fetal-derived variant fails to replicate in midges.