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Table 5 Virus isolation attempts from Culicoides collected from Shizong County in Yunnan Province, China

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

Species

Approximate number used for testing

Poolsa

Cells with cytopathic effect

Isolate designation

Virus

C. sumatrae

1050

0/12

   

C. tainanus

820

1/9

C6/36

YNV/01-1

Unknown

Culicoides (Trithecoides) spp.b

350

0/4

   

C. orientalis

300

1/4

BHK-21, C6/36

YNV/03-2

Unknown

C. arakawai

200

0/3

   

C. jacobsoni

200

1/2

BHK-21, C6/36

YNV/17-14

TIBOV

C. insignipennis

180

0/4

   

C. oxystoma

40

0/2

   

C. liui

20

0/1

   

Total

3160

3/41

   
  1. aValues in this column are presented as positive number of pools/total number of pools
  2. bCulicoides (Trithecoides) spp. refers to specimens belonging to this subgenus with a yellow scutum