The susceptibility of the sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli (Diptera, Psychodidae), to laboratory infection with bluetongue virus. Brief report.
Bluetongue virus multiplied to a low level in Phlebotomus papatasi sandflies after intrathoracic inoculation but not after membrane feeding. It is considered unlikely that this sandfly species is a vector of bluetongue virus.
D000818:Animals; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000254:growth & development*