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Research Project: VECTOR COMPETENCE AND PROTECTION OF U.S. LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE FROM ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES

Location: Laramie, Wyoming

Title: Viral Surveillance during the 2006 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak in Natrona County, Wyoming

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Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract
Publication Acceptance Date: February 19, 2008
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
Citation: Reeves, W.K., Bennett, K.E., Drolet, B.S. 2008. Viral Surveillance during the 2006 Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak in Natrona Co., WY. Meeting Abstract.

Technical Abstract: In 2006, we collected 12203 biting flies from a vesicular stomatitis outbreak in Natrona County, Wyoming. Flies were identified to the species level and viruses were isolated and identified by RT-PCR. We detected vesicular stomatitis virus-New Jersey serotype in two pools of Simulium bivittatum, West Nile virus in a pool of Culex tarsalis, and bluetongue virus in a pool of Culicoides sonorensis.

   

 
Project Team
Bennett, Kristine
Reeves, Will
Miller, Myrna
Wilson, William
Drolet, Barbara
Mecham, James - Jim
 
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