Potential roles of Culicoides spp. (Culicoides imicola, Culicoides oxystoma) as biological vectors of bluetongue virus in Yuanyang of Yunnan, P. R. China [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionCulicoides plays a crucial role as an insect vector in the field of veterinary medicine. The transmission of significant viruses such as bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) by this insect poses a substantial threat,
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Morphological and molecular differentiation between Culicoides oxystoma and Culicoides kingi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Culicoides kingi and Culicoides oxystoma belong to the Schultzei group of biting midges. These two species are vectors of disease in livestock of economic importance.
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The genome sequence of a seed weevil, Oxystoma pomonae (Fabricius, 1798) (Coleoptera: Apionidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Oxystoma pomonae (seed weevil; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Apionidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1 174.34 megabases.
John Paul, Liam M. Crowley
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Host blood meal analysis of Culicoides oxystoma (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia. [PDF]
Parasitol ResCulicoides are small hematophagous biting midges belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. The genus is distributed worldwide yet remains poorly studied.
Slama D, Essid R, Sghaier S, Babba H.
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Molecular identification, phylogenetic status, and geographic distribution of Culicoides oxystoma (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Israel. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Culicoides oxystoma (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is an important vector species, reported mainly from Asia, with high potential to transmit viral diseases affecting livestock. In Japan, many arboviruses have been isolated from C. oxystoma, suggesting it as
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First record of Culicoides oxystoma Kieffer and diversity of species within the Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges in Senegal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is distributed throughout Africa to northern Asia and Australasia and includes several potential vector species of livestock pathogens.
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Searching for potential Culicoides vectors of four orbiviruses in Yunnan Province, China [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Some species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are major vectors for arboviruses, and Yunnan Province is a key area for arbovirus prevalence in China.
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Mitochondrial Genomes from Fungal the Entomopathogenic Moelleriella Genus Reveals Evolutionary History, Intron Dynamics and Phylogeny [PDF]
Journal of FungiMembers of the genus Moelleriella (Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae) are insect pathogens with specificity for scale insects and whiteflies. However, no mitochondrial genomes are available for these fungi.
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Culicoides and midge-associated arboviruses on cattle farms in Yunnan Province, China [PDF]
ParasiteCulicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are small biting midges, some of which are the vectors of arboviruses affecting livestock, i.e., African horse sickness virus (AHSV), bluetongue virus (BTV), and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV ...
Duan Ying-Liang +8 more
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Molecular Identification of Culicoides Species and Host Preference Blood Meal in the African Horse Sickness Outbreak-Affected Area in Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand [PDF]
Insects, 2023 African horse sickness (AHS) was reported as an outbreak in Thailand in 2020. Hematophagous insects from the genus Culicoides are the suspected vector responsible for AHS transmission.
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