From: First molecular evidence of potential Culicoides vectors implicated in bluetongue virus transmission in Morocco
Species
RT-qPCR mean Ct values
Head
Thorax
Abdomen
C. imicola
24.3
24.1
24.6
C. paolae
26.3
26.8
26.5
C. newsteadi
27.2
26.9
27.5
Culicoides spp.
25.8
25.2
25.6
C. circumscriptus
26.6
26.1
26.4