Monitoring Taiwanese bovine arboviruses and non-arboviruses using a vector-based approach.

ABSTRACT: In current sampling approaches, there exists a divergence between the surveillance of arthropod-borne and that of non-arthropod-borne viruses. It is commonly held that the collection of vector specimens applies only to arbovirus surveillance and that the surveillance of non-arboviruses must rely on traditional methods that involve the sampling of blood, faeces or saliva, or other examinations. The vector-based approach is a sampling method that has the ability to survey both arboviruses and non-arboviruses by distinguishing engorged vector specimens from entire vector samples. Accordingly, five arboviruses and three non-arboviruses were detected in a study using a vector-based approach conducted during 2012-2015. Hence, this report provides the first description of the Taiwanese vector spe

SUBMITTER: Tzeng HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168380 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature