Measurement of the infection and dissemination of bluetongue virus in culicoides biting midges using a semi-quantitative rt-PCR assay and isolation of infectious virus.

by Eva Veronesi, Frank Antony, Simon Gubbins, Nick Golding, Alison Blackwell, Peter Pc Mertens, Joe Brownlie, Karin E Darpel, Philip S Mellor, Simon Carpenter
Published 2013-01-01

Saliva proteins of vector Culicoides modify structure and infectivity of bluetongue virus particles.

by Karin E Darpel, Kathrin F A Langner, Manfred Nimtz, Simon J Anthony, Joe Brownlie, Haru-Hisa Takamatsu, Philip S Mellor, Peter P C Mertens
Published 2011-03-01

An Early Block in the Replication of the Atypical Bluetongue Virus Serotype 26 in <i>Culicoides</i> Cells Is Determined by Its Capsid Proteins

by Marc Guimerà Busquets, Gillian D. Pullinger, Karin E. Darpel, Lyndsay Cooke, Stuart Armstrong, Jennifer Simpson, Massimo Palmarini, Rennos Fragkoudis, Peter P. C. Mertens
Published 2021-05-01

Thermal limits for flight activity of field-collected Culicoides in the United Kingdom defined under laboratory conditions

by Laura A. Tugwell, Marion E. England, Simon Gubbins, Christopher J. Sanders, Jessica E. Stokes, Joanne Stoner, Simon P. Graham, Alison Blackwell, Karin E. Darpel, Simon Carpenter
Published 2021-01-01

Investigation of bovine ephemeral fever virus transmission by putative dipteran vectors under experimental conditions

by Jessica E. Stokes, Karin E. Darpel, Simon Gubbins, Simon Carpenter, María del Mar Fernández de Marco, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Anthony R. Fooks, Nicholas Johnson, Christopher Sanders
Published 2020-11-01

Identification of a BTV-Strain-Specific Single Gene That Increases <i>Culicoides</i> Vector Infection Rate

by Honorata M. Ropiak, Simon King, Marc Guimerà Busquets, Kerry Newbrook, Gillian D. Pullinger, Hannah Brown, John Flannery, Simon Gubbins, Carrie Batten, Paulina Rajko-Nenow, Karin E. Darpel
Published 2021-09-01

Transplacental Transmission of Bluetongue Virus 8 in Cattle, UK

by Karin E. Darpel, Carrie A. Batten, Eva Veronesi, Susanna Williamson, Peter Anderson, Mike Dennison, Stuart Clifford, Ciaran Smith, Lucy Philips, Cornelia Bidewell, Katarzyna Bachanek-Bankowska, Anna Sanders, Abid Bin-Tarif, Anthony J. Wilson, Simon Gubbins, Peter P.C. Mertens, Chris A. Oura, Philip S. Mellor
Published 2009-12-01