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==Transmission and Epidemiology==

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===Vectors===

Vector species of Culicoides biting midge tend to breed in damp or wet soil

enriched with fresh or composted dung and blood-feed opportunistically on large

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list, species distribution, seasonal incidence and vector competency of the various

species.

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Vector ~~competency~~

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===Vector Competency===

3.9 The C. obsoletus group has long been suspected of being a vector, mainly on

the basis of BTV isolations from this species made in Cyprus, and African horse

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~~Potential impact~~ of ~~global warming~~

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===Epidemiology===

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===Impact of Global Warming===

3.13 Vector competence of Culicoides vectors for Orbiviruses is partly influenced by

temperature. Orbivirus development in Culicoides vectors is unable to occur at

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establishment of a BTV infection under present climatic conditions and with global

warming.

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~~Technical Review - Bluetongue: The Virus, Hosts and Vectors~~

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==Pathogenesis==

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