The increasing threat of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) represents a great challenge to those
who manage public and animal health. Determining the spatial distribution of arthropod …

The present study was undertaken to examine the data collected from a retrospective
surveillance of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midge vectors from April 2009 …

Surveillance data from 268 sites in Sicily are used to develop climatic models for prediction
of the distribution of the main European bluetongue virus (BTV) vector Culicoides imicola …

Background Vector-borne diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality
in humans and animals. In the Afrotropical region, some are transmitted by Culicoides, such …

Morocco has suffered several outbreaks of Culicoides-borne viruses in recent decades and
most studies have focused on Culicoides imicola, considered for a long time as the only …

Using data from bluetongue (BT) outbreaks caused by viral serotype 4 (BTV-4) in Spain
during 2004–2005, a predictive model for BTV-4 occurrence in peninsular Spain was …

Bluetongue is an infectious disease of ruminants caused by a virus transmitted by biting
midges, one species of which, Culicoides imicola, is the major vector in the Old World …

Bluetongue is an infectious, non-contagious arboviral disease thought to infect all known
ruminant species. Since 1998, an unprecedented epizootic of the disease has occurred in …

BLUETONGUE (BT) is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Orbivirus that is mainly
transmitted among vertebrate hosts by several species of biting midges of the genus …

Culicoides imicola is the main vector of the bluetongue virus in the Mediterranean Basin.
Spatial distribution models for this species traditionally employ either climatic data or …