Publications

akabane virus in israel: a new virus lineage.	this report describes the first molecular characterization of akabane virus (akav) in israel. the virus was recognized by real-time rt-pcr in extracts from culicoides imicola insects trapped at the volcani center located in the center of israel. this is also the first report on the use of real-time rt-pcr to identify the virus. the quantitative capability of this technique was applied, and it was calculated that the insect extract contains 1.5 x 10(5) copies of the genome segment s. following am ...	2004	15177897
isolation and identification of arboviruses from the sultanate of oman.	sentinel herds and a vector surveillance system were used to identify the presence of arboviruses in oman. two strains of bluetongue virus (btv) serotype 4 and two strains of akabane virus, were isolated and identified. both btv isolates and one akabane virus isolate came from goats while the second akabane isolate came from culicoides imicola. this is the first isolation of an akabane virus from culicoides in arabia. vector competence studies with the oman viruses in laboratory reared c. variip ...	1991	1850363