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Culicoides species composition and abundance on Irish cattle farms: implications for arboviral disease transmission

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Following the emergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Ireland in 2012, a sentinel herd surveillance program was established in the south of Ireland with the primary aim of investigating the species composition and abundance of Culicoides on ...
Áine B. Collins, John F. Mee, Michael L. Doherty, Damien J. Barrett, Marion E. England   +4 more
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Species composition and relative abundance of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Romania

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Culicoides biting midges are vectors involved in the biological transmission cycle of important animal diseases such as bluetongue and African horse sickness.
Doru Hristescu, Florica Bărbuceanu, Lenuța Dascălu, Cristina Nițescu, Maria Goffredo, Adriana Santilli, Michela Quaglia, Thomas Balenghien, Gabriel Predoi   +8 more
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Culicoides species composition and molecular identification of host blood meals at two zoos in the UK

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Culicoides biting midges are biological vectors of arboviruses including bluetongue virus (BTV), Schmallenberg virus (SBV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV). Zoos are home to a wide range of ‘at risk’ exotic and native species of animals.
Marion E. England, Paul Pearce-Kelly, Victor A. Brugman, Simon King, Simon Gubbins, Fiona Sach, Christopher J. Sanders, Nic J. Masters, Eric Denison, Simon Carpenter   +9 more
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First detection of Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species are known to be the vectors of Bluetongue virus and African Horses Sickness virus (AHSV) in different areas of the world.
Darine Slama, Najoua Haouas, Latifa Remadi, Habib Mezhoud, Hamouda Babba, Emna Chaker   +5 more
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Two new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides from northwestern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
The following two new species of Culicoides from the Argentinean Yungas are described, illustrated and placed to subgenus or species group and compared with related congeners: Culicoides calchaqui Spinelli & Veggiani Aybar and Culicoides willinki ...
Gustavo Ricardo Spinelli, Cecilia Veggiani Aybar, María Julia Dantur Juri, Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso, Pablo Ignacio Marino   +4 more
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Three new Scandinavian species of Culicoides (Culicoides): Culicoides boyi sp. nov., Culicoides selandicus sp. nov. and Culicoides kalix sp. nov. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). [PDF]

Biodiversity data journal, 2015
In the context of a major monitoring program of Culicoides in Denmark and Sweden due to the appearance of bluetongue disease in 2007-2008, a large number of specimens were collected by light traps and sorted morphologically, with COI barcodes generated for selected specimens.Three species are described as new to science based on both morphological and ...
Nielsen, Søren Achim, Kristensen, Michael, Pape, Thomas   +2 more
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Transmission of Schmallenberg virus in a housed dairy herd in the UK [PDF]

, 2013
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McCorkell, B.F, Mellor, D.J., Palmarini, M., Purse, B.V., Shaw, A.E., Shaw, P.E.   +5 more
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The occurrence of Culicoides species, the vectors of arboviruses, at selected trap sites in Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2015
A study of the distribution of Culicoides species was conducted by establishing 12 light trap sites over five rainy seasons between 1998 and 2003 covering all the geo-climatic natural regions of Zimbabwe.
Stuart J.G. Gordon, Charlotte Bolwell, Chris Rogers, Godfrey Musuka, Patrick Kelly, Karien Labuschagne, Alan J. Guthrie, Eric Denison, Philip S. Mellor, Chris Hamblin   +9 more
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Molecular phylogeny of 42 species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from three continents

Parasite, 2017
The genus Culicoides includes vectors of important animal diseases such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg virus (BTV and SBV). This genus includes 1300 species classified in 32 subgenera and 38 unclassified species.
Augot Denis, Mathieu Bruno, Hadj-Henni Leila, Barriel Véronique, Zapata Mena Sonia, Smolis Sylvia, Slama Darine, Randrianambinintsoa Fano José, Trueba Gabriel, Kaltenbach Matthieu, Rahola Nil, Depaquit Jérôme   +11 more
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Identification and Distribution of Species Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Broiler in Banda Aceh

Jurnal Kedokteran Hewan, 2008
A research has been done to identify the distribution of Culicoides species in Banda Aceh. Culicoides samples were collected by using modified Center for Disease Control (CDC) Miniatur Light Trap.
Rusli Rusli, Muhammad Hanafiah
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