When a BTV-infected midge takes a blood meal from a ruminant host, innoculated virus spreads from the skin to the regional lymph nodes. After initial replication in the lymph nodes, a cell-associated viraemia carries the virus to many tissues where further replication occurs in macrophages and endothelial cells. | When a BTV-infected midge takes a blood meal from a ruminant host, innoculated virus spreads from the skin to the regional lymph nodes. After initial replication in the lymph nodes, a cell-associated viraemia carries the virus to many tissues where further replication occurs in macrophages and endothelial cells. |