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SUBMITTER: Ayers VB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149065 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ayers Victoria B VB Huang Yan-Jang S YS Lyons Amy C AC Park So Lee SL Higgs Stephen S Dunlop James I JI Kohl Alain A Alto Barry W BW Unlu Isik I Blitvich Bradley J BJ Vanlandingham Dana L DL
Parasites & vectors 20180920 1
<h4>Background</h4>Cache Valley virus (CVV) is a mosquito-borne orthobunyavirus endemic in North America. The virus is an important agricultural pathogen leading to abortion and embryonic lethality in ruminant species, especially sheep. The importance of CVV in human public health has recently increased because of the report of severe neurotropic diseases. However, mosquito species responsible for transmission of the virus to humans remain to be determined. In this study, vector competence of th ...[more]