biting midges
Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) as vectors of avian trypanosomes
... First, midges have been suggested as tryp- anosome vectors in earlier studies [5, 11]; moreover, biting midges of genus Forcipomyia have been recently identified as probable vectors of Leishmania ...
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Long‐term shifts in the seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides biting midges and their impact on potential arbovirus outbreaks
... Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) across Western Europe is a spec- tacular example of a shift in global pathogen distribution and has been suggested to be driven by changing climate ...
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PCR identification of culicoid biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) of the Obsoletus complex including putative vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses
... Background: Biting midges of the Obsoletus species complex of the ceratopogonid genus Culicoides were assumed to be the major vectors of bluetongue virus (BTV) in northern and central Europe during the 2006 ...
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Spatial distribution modelling of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges, potential vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in Senegal
... African horse sickness (AHS) and Bluetongue (BT) are vector-borne viral diseases affecting equids and ruminants (mainly cattle and small ruminants), respectively. These two viruses are biologically transmitted by females ...
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Seasonal dynamics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges, potential vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in the Niayes area of Senegal
... Seasonal dynamics of Culicoides Diptera: Ceratopogonidae biting midges, potential vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in the Niayes area of Senegal Maryam Diarra1,2*[r] ...
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Biting midges (Culicoides, Diptera) transmit Haemoproteus parasites of owls: evidence from sporogony and molecular phylogeny
... infected biting midges Culicoides impunctatus and ...These biting midges are widespread in Europe and willingly take blood meals on birds ...
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First detection of endosymbiotic bacteria in biting midges Culicoides pulicaris and Culicoides punctatus, important Palaearctic vectors of bluetongue virus
... Heritable bacteria have been highlighted as important components of vector biology, acting as required symbionts with an anabolic role, altering competence for disease transmission, and affecting patterns of gene flow by ...
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Mechanistic model for predicting the seasonal abundance of Culicoides biting midges and the impacts of insecticide control
... Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), their transmission patterns are highly seasonal, especially in temperate zones, and have been linked to adult vector dynamics [6, ...
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Influence of season and meteorological parameters on flight activity of Culicoides biting midges
... Weekly summary of the numbers of Culicoides biting midges (total male and female) caught at the twelve Rothamsted suction trap sites during 2008: mean daily catch (circles) and minimum a[r] ...
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Spatio temporal occurrence of Culicoides biting midges in the climatic regions of Switzerland, along with large scale species identification by MALDI TOF mass spectrometry
... Methods: Biting midges were monitored on farm sites with livestock in the defined climatic regions, including high altitudes, of Switzerland by overnight trapping at 12 locations once a week over three ...
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Four new species of Mesoamerican biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
... Abstract. Four new species of biting midges, Culicoides (Culicoides) fortinensis sp. nov. from Mexico (Veracruz), Culicoides (Culicoides) rulfoi sp. nov. from Mexico (Michoacan), Costa Rica and Panama, ...
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Can insecticide treated netting provide protection for Equids from Culicoides biting midges in the United Kingdom?
... Background: Biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) cause a significant biting nuisance to equines and are responsible for the biological transmission of ...
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Identity and diversity of blood meal hosts of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides Latreille) in Denmark
... The biting midges may have been carried away by wind from the immediate area after feeding, while leaving the blood meal host in order to find somewhere to ...digest. Biting midges spend up to ...
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Thermal limits of two biting midges, Culicoides imicola Kieffer and C bolitinos Meiswinkel (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
... individual midges were placed in an aluminium 8-chamber stage, made for use under a dissecting microscope (Additional file 1) and connected to a programmable circulating refrigerated waterbath (CC-K25, Huber ...
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How do species, population and active ingredient influence insecticide susceptibility in Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of veterinary importance?
... Background: Culicoides biting midges are biological vectors of internationally important arboviruses of livestock and equines. Insecticides are often employed against Culicoides as a part of vector control ...
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Long‐term shifts in the seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides biting midges and their impact on potential arbovirus outbreaks
... Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) across 63 Western Europe is a spectacular example of a shift in global pathogen distribution and has 64 been suggested to be driven by changing climate ...
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Update of the species checklist of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Morocco
... Biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are responsible for the trans- mission of economically important viruses in animal production, most notably African horse ...
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Species determination of Culicoides biting midges via peptide profiling using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry
... Culicoides biting midges at species ...single midges was ex- tracted using High Pure PCR Template Preparation kit (Roche) according to the manufacturer’s instructions and was eluted in 100 ...
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Measurement of the Infection and Dissemination of Bluetongue Virus in Culicoides Biting Midges Using a Semi-Quantitative RT-PCR Assay and Isolation of Infectious Virus
... Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are the biological vectors of globally significant arboviruses of livestock including bluetongue virus (BTV), African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and the ...
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Validation of fluorescent dust marking of Culicoides biting midges and the design of a self marking technique
... Culicoides midges as they do not influence either sur- vival or flight behavior of Obsoletus Group members in the ...Marked midges remained distinguishable for their entire lifetime during the experiment; ...
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