Isolation of Tahyna virus from biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in Czecho-Slovakia
Language English Country Switzerland Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
1683130
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Ceratopogonidae microbiology MeSH
- Insect Vectors microbiology MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- Vero Cells MeSH
- Encephalitis Virus, California isolation & purification MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Mice MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czechoslovakia MeSH
A total of 14,250 haematophagous biting midges (genus Culicoides, Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were collected in June 1986 in the mountains Ceskomoravská vysocina (about 600 m above sea level); from these 2 strains of Tahyna virus (serogroup California, Bunyaviridae) were isolated. To our knowledge this is the first isolation of a California serogroup virus from the species of family Ceratopogonidae as well as the first report of arbovirus isolation from biting midges in Europe.
