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First Molecular Characterisation of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus From the North African Region, Algeria and Tunisia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2026.
Highlights • Molecular characterisation of the LSDV in Algeria and Tunisia. PCR detection of the presence of the LSDV in 77.9% of the samples collected. • Cattle skin and nasal and buccal swabs were the most virulent material. • Phylogenetic analysis using the p32 gene revealed 100% sequence identity and grouping with GenBank‐published LSDV sequences ...
Ilhem Zouyed, Hichem Soualah, Samir Djemai, Ahmed Messai, Mohammed El Hadi Daia, Amir Mansour, Ines Hammami, Marwen Nouasri, Nabil Trifi, Médiha Khamassi Khbou   +9 more
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Measuring between-farm variation in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) density, the vectors of bluetongue virus [PDF]

, 2014
Culicoides midges are ubiquitous on farms in the UK, but little research has explored their abundance, an important determinant of disease risk. Models to explain and predict variation in their abundance are needed for effective targeting of control ...
Baylis, Matthew, Guis, Hélène, Kluiters, Georgette, Labuschagne, Karien, McIntyre, K. Marie, Sugden, David, Vilar, Maria J.   +6 more
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Genetic Characterization of the Tick-Borne Orbiviruses [PDF]

, 2015
The International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) recognizes four species of tick-borne orbiviruses (TBOs): Chenuda virus, Chobar Gorge virus, Wad Medani virus and Great Island virus (genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae).
Attoui, H, Belaganahalli, M N, Brownlie, J, Maan, N S, Maan, S, Mertens, P P C, Tesh, R   +6 more
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WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 11-16, January 2026.
The Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET) is an EU‐COST funded global network of researchers and stakeholders interested in wildlife malaria and related haemosporidian parasites. In this paper, we review WIMANET's activities to date. We hope this encourages new members to join the network and motivates both new and existing members to participate in its ...
Alfonso Marzal, Kasun Bodawatta, Carolina R. F. Chagas, Nayden Chakarov, Mélanie Duc, Tamara Emmenegger, Martina Ferraguti, Luz García‐Longoria, Rafael Gutiérrez‐López, Ricardo J. Lopes, Josué Martínez‐De La Puente, Swen Renner, Diego Santiago‐Alarcón, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, Daliborka Stanković, Jenny C. Dunn   +15 more
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Prevalence, population dynamics and host preferences of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of livestock in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2014
Aim: The present study is a part of a research project on integrated pest management of livestock pests with reference to Culicoides spp. Study of prevalence, population dynamics and host preferences are the important benchmarks essential for chalking ...
B. W. Narladkar , P. R. Shivpuje
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Blood Parasites and Wildlife: The Development of a Discipline

Integrative Zoology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 2-10, January 2026.
Changes in our knowledge on blood parasite infections of wild animals in the last 30 years is reviewed with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny, impact of infections on fitness, and distribution of blood parasites. ABSTRACT In the last 30 years, the area of the study of parasitism caused by blood parasite infections on wildlife has suffered an ...
Santiago Merino
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Nuevos registros de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) para Argentina y Chile [PDF]

, 2010
New records are provided for 22 species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Argentina and Chile, 12 belonging to Forcipomyia Meigen, two to Atrichopogon Kieffer and Culicoides Latreille, and one to Leptoconops Skuse, Dasyhelea Kieffer ...
Gaddi, Ana Laura, Marino, Pablo Ignacio, Spinelli, Gustavo Ricardo   +2 more
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Diversity of biting midges Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), potential vectors of disease, in different environments in an Amazonian rural settlement, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
INTRODUCTION: The Culicoides transmit a variety of pathogens. Our aim was to survey the Culicoides species occurring in an Amazonian rural settlement, comparing abundance, richness, and diversity in different environments.
Emanuelle de Sousa Farias, Jessica Feijó Almeida, Jordam William Pereira-Silva, Luiz de Souza Coelho, Claudia María Ríos-Velásquez, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa   +6 more
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Schmallenberg Disease—A Newly Emerged Culicoides-Borne Viral Disease of Ruminants

Viruses, 2019
First appearing in 2011 in Northern Europe, Schmallenberg virus (SBV), an Orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup, is associated with clinical disease mainly in ruminants such as cattle, sheep and goats.
Abaineh D. Endalew, Bonto Faburay, William C. Wilson, Juergen A. Richt   +3 more
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Culicoides species community composition and feeding preferences in two aquatic ecosystems in northern Spain

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Aquatic ecosystems provide breeding sites for blood-sucking insects such as Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), but factors affecting their distribution and host choice are poorly understood.
Mikel A. González, Fátima Goiri, Sean W. J. Prosser, Aitor Cevidanes, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Jesús F. Barandika, Paul D. N. Hebert, Ana L. García-Pérez   +7 more
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