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Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. In culicoides biting midges, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.161565
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Abstract

The bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia is known to exist in certain species of mosquito but was unknown in other arthropods. We report the detection and identification of Elizabethkingia in species of Culicoides biting midge in Australia, raising the possibility of bacterial transmission via this species.

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Mee, P. T., Lynch, S. E., Walker, P. J., Melville, L., & Duchemin, J. B. (2017, August 1). Detection of Elizabethkingia spp. In culicoides biting midges, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.161565

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