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Table 3 Screening of Culicoides midges from Shizong County, Yunnan Province, China, for the presence of TIBOV by reverse transcription-quantitiative PCR

From: Isolation of Tibet Orbivirus from Culicoides jacobsoni (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in China

Species

Midges tested by RT-qPCR (n)

Pools tested by RT-qPCR (n)

Total

Cq < 30

30 ≤ Cq < 35

Cq > 35

C. tainanus

800

160

1

2

6

C. jacobsoni

400

80

1

0

2

C. sumatrae

300

60

0

0

0

C. oxystoma

300

60

0

0

0

Culicoides (Trithecoides) spp.a

120

24

0

0

1

C. insignipennis

80

16

0

1

0

Total

2000

400

2

3

9

  1. Cq, PCR quantification cycle; RT-qPCR, reverse transcription-quantitiative PCR
  2. aCulicoides (Trithecoides) spp. refers to specimens belonging to this subgenus that have a yellow scutum