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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are biological vectors of internationally important arboviruses and inflict biting nuisance on humans, companion animals and livestock.
Laura A. Tugwell +9 more
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Oropouche virus: clinical, epidemiological, and molecular aspects of a neglected orthobunyavirus. [PDF]
, 2017 Oropouche virus (OROV) is an important cause of arboviral illness in Latin American countries, more specifically in the Amazon region of Brazil, Venezuela and Peru, as well as in other countries such as Panama.
Acrani, Gustavo Olszanski +6 more
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Quantitative analysis of transmission parameters for bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Western Europe in 2006. [PDF]
, 2011 The recent bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) epidemic in Western Europe struck hard. Controlling the infection was difficult and a good and safe vaccine was not available until the spring of 2008.
Koeijer, A.A., de +5 more
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Description of Culicoides truuskae sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from southern Africa
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2023 Culicoides truuskae Labuschagne and Meiswinkel sp. n. is described and illustrated in both sexes from material collected in South Africa and Namibia. It is restricted to the xeric western margin of the subcontinent, occurring in Fynbos, Nama-Karoo and ...
Karien Labuschagne +5 more
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The effect of anthropogenic activity on the occurrence of Culicoides species in the South-Western Khomas Region, Namibia [PDF]
Veterinaria Italiana, 2013 Certain species of midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of several serious orbiviral (Reoviridae) diseases, one of which, African horse sickness (AHS), was reported in the South-Western area of Khomas Region, Namibia ...
Elbè Becker +4 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Reunion Island regularly faces outbreaks of epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) and bluetongue (BT), two viral diseases transmitted by haematophagous midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to ruminants.
Yannick Grimaud +10 more
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Parasite, 2021 Biting midges of the genus Culicoides are vectors of important pathogens affecting domestic and wild animals and have played a major role in the re-emergence of new outbreaks of bluetongue (BTV) and Schmallenberg (SBV) viruses in Europe.
Kasičová Zuzana +3 more
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Bluetongue virus infection creates light averse Culicoides vectors and serious errors in transmission risk estimates. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundPathogen manipulation of host behavior can greatly impact vector-borne disease transmission, but almost no attention has been paid to how it affects disease surveillance.
Gerry, Alec C +5 more
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Journal of Nematology, 2023 Heleidomermis magnapapula parasitizes the blood-feeding midge Culicoides sonorensis. Most (84%) single mermithid infective second stage juveniles (J2) developed into adult females, while parasitism by multiple J2 yielded 97% male adults.
Mullens Bradley A., Luhring Katherine A.
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Assessing the impact of climate change on vector-borne viruses in the EU through the elicitation of expert opinion [PDF]
, 2010 Expert opinion was elicited to undertake a qualitative risk assessment to estimate the current and future risks to the European Union (EU) from five vector-borne viruses listed by the World Organization for Animal Health.
Brouwer, A. +7 more
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