African horse sickness and the overwintering of Culicoides spp. in the Iberian peninsula.

A review of African horse sickness and its implications for Ireland

African horse sickness is an economically highly important non-contagious but infectious Orbivirus disease that is transmitted by various species of Culicoides midges. The equids most severely affected by the virus are horses, ponies, and European donkeys; mules are somewhat less susceptible, and African donkeys and zebra are refractory to the devastating consequences of infection. In recent ye...

Temperature and the persistence of viruses in Culicoides spp. during adverse conditions.

The average daily maximum temperature for the coldest month during the winters of 1977-1978 and 1978-1979, when bluetongue (BT) virus overwintered in a cycle between Culicoides spp. and cattle in western Turkey (Aydin and Izmir provinces), was found to be 12.5 degrees C. This temperature agreed with the lowest temperatures found for Culicoides activity and for flight over long distances. Overwi...

Seasonal distribution and relationship to temperature and precipitation of the most abundant species of Culicoides in five provinces of Andalusia, Spain.

A total of 177,344 Culicoides specimens were collected from 3,109 light trap collections made weekly from August 1990 to October 1991 at 62 sites in the provinces of Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Seville, and Málaga, Spain. Reported for the 1st time are Culicoides agathensis, Culicoides bahrainensis, Culicoides marcleti, and Culicoides odiatus in the Iberian Peninsula, and Culicoides scoticus in Anda...

Transmission of African Horse-Sickness by Means of Mosquito Bites and Replication of the Virus in Aedes aegypti

Molecular detection of Culicoides spp. and Culicoides imicola, the principal vector of bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) in Africa and Europe.

Bluetongue (BT) and African Horse Sickness (AHS) are infectious arthropod-borne viral diseases affecting ruminants and horses, respectively. Culicoides imicola Kieffer, 1913, a biting midge, is the principal vector of these livestock diseases in Africa and Europe. Recently bluetongue disease has re-emerged in the Mediterranean Basin and has had a devastating effect on the sheep industry in Ital...