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Vector competence of Culicoides biting midges from Switzerland for African horse sickness virus and epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus.

Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 2022
INTRODUCTION Culicoides biting midges unexpectedly arose in Europe as highly efficient vectors of bluetongue virus in the epidemics that started in the Netherlands in 2006. They are known vectors of other orbiviruses, such as African horse sickness (AHSV)
L. Maurer, A. Paslaru, P. Torgerson, E. Veronesi, A. Mathis   +4 more
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DNA Barcoding of genus Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Brazilian Amazon.

Acta Tropica, 2022
Culicoides biting midges are capable to transmit Oropouche virus, Bluetongue virus and Mansonella spp. This study aimed to assess the utility of DNA barcode as an alternative method in the Culicoides species identification.
Luis Paulo Costa Carvalho, Glaucilene da Silva Costa, A. M. Pereira Júnior, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros de Paulo, Geisiane Santos Silva, Angélica Lorena Pereira Mendes Carioca, B. Rodrigues, F. A. Pessoa, J. F. Medeiros   +8 more
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Natural Vector of Avian Haemoproteus asymmetricus Parasite and Factors Altering the Spread of Infection

Insects, 2023
Avian haemosporidians (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida) are widespread blood protists, often causing severe haemosporidiosis, pathology, or even mortality in their hosts.
Rita Žiegytė, Vaidas Palinauskas, Rasa Bernotienė   +2 more
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Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of avian trypanosomes

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
Background Although avian trypanosomes are widespread parasites, the knowledge of their vectors is still incomplete. Despite biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are considered as potential vectors of avian trypanosomes, their role in transmission ...
Milena Svobodová, Olga V. Dolnik, Ivan Čepička, Jana Rádrová   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wanted, tracked down and identified: Mesozoic non-biting midges of the subfamily Chironominae (Chironomidae, Diptera)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021
Here we provide evidence for the presence of non-biting midges of the subfamily Chironominae in the Mesozoic, based on descriptions of exceptionally rare amber inclusions.
W. Giłka, M. Zakrzewska, E. Lukashevich, D. Vorontsov, Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj, K. Skibińska, P. Cranston   +6 more
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An Update and Errata for the Catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).

Zootaxa, 2022
A list of corrections as well as the addition of new taxa described since Borkent Dominiak (2020) published a catalog of the Ceratopogonidae of the world is provided. We record a further 70 extant and 7 fossil species and 2 new fossil genera.
A. Borkent, Patrycja Dominiak, F. Díaz
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Identity and diversity of blood meal hosts of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides Latreille) in Denmark

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background Host preference studies in haematophagous insects e.g. Culicoides biting midges are pivotal to assess transmission routes of vector-borne diseases and critical for the development of veterinary contingency plans to identify which species ...
Lassen Sandra B, Nielsen Søren, Kristensen Michael   +2 more
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Impacts of Infectious Dose, Feeding Behavior, and Age of Culicoides sonorensis Biting Midges on Infection Dynamics of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

Pathogens, 2021
Culicoides sonorensis biting midges are biological vectors of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in the U.S. Yet, little is known regarding the amount of ingested virus required to infect midges, nor how their feeding behavior or age affects viral ...
Paula Rozo-Lopez, Berlin Londoño-Renteria, B. Drolet   +2 more
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Genetic characterization and molecular identification of the bloodmeal sources of the potential bluetongue vector Culicoides obsoletus in the Canary Islands, Spain

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges are vectors for a diversity of pathogens including bluetongue virus (BTV) that generate important economic losses.
Martínez-de la Puente Josué, Martínez Javier, Ferraguti Martina, Morales-de la Nuez Antonio, Castro Noemí, Figuerola Jordi   +5 more
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Profiling of RNA Viruses in Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) and Related Diptera from Kenya Using Metagenomics and Metabarcoding Analysis

Msphere, 2021
The majority of the viruses that currently cause diseases in humans and animals are RNA viruses, and more specifically arthropod-transmitted viruses. They cause diseases such as dengue, West Nile infection, bluetongue disease, Schmallenberg disease, and ...
Solomon K. Langat, F. Eyase, W. Bulimo, J. Lutomiah, Samuel O. Oyola, M. Imbuga, R. Sang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source