Spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in nine European countries

AC Cuéllar, LJ Kjær, C Kirkeby, H Skovgard… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors
of bluetongue virus (BTV), African horse sickness virus and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) …

Assessing Diversity and Abundance of Vector Populations at a National Scale: Example of Culicoides Surveillance in France After Bluetongue Virus Emergence

R Venail, T Balenghien, H Guis, A Tran… - Arthropods as vectors of …, 2012 - Springer
Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are small
hematophagous dipterans responsible for transmitting major viruses to livestock such as …

Monthly variation in the probability of presence of adult Culicoides populations in nine European countries and the implications for targeted surveillance

AC Cuéllar, L Jung Kjær, A Baum, A Stockmarr… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are small
hematophagous insects responsible for the transmission of bluetongue virus …

Activity of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) inside and outside of livestock stables in late winter and spring

D Kameke, H Kampen, D Walther - Parasitology research, 2017 - Springer
Culicoides Latreille, 1809 midge species are the putative vectors of Bluetongue virus (BTV)
and Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in Europe. To gain a better understanding of the …

Seasonal dynamics of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides), the potential vectors of bluetongue virus, in Sweden

M Ander, R Meiswinkel, J Chirico - Veterinary Parasitology, 2012 - Elsevier
The outbreak of bluetongue (BT) in northern Europe 2006 initiated the monitoring of vectors,
biting midges of the genus Culicoides in Sweden. In order to determine the diversity …

Occurrence of putative Culicoides biting midge vectors (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) inside and outside barns in Germany and factors influencing their activity

S Groschupp, H Kampen, D Werner - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background After several years without bluetongue disease, a ruminant illness caused by
Culicoides-borne bluetongue virus (BTV), two new autochthonous cases were reported in …

Spatial abundance and clustering of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on a local scale

C Kirkeby, R Bødker, A Stockmarr, P Lind - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Biting midges, Culicoides, of the Obsoletus group and the Pulicaris
group have been involved in recent outbreaks of bluetongue virus and the former was also …

Are Bogs Reservoirs for Emerging Disease Vectors? Evaluation of Culicoides Populations in the Hautes Fagnes Nature Reserve (Belgium)

JY Zimmer, F Smeets, G Simonon, J Fagot… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Several species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges serve as biological
vectors for the bluetongue virus (BTV) and the recently described Schmallenberg virus …

Bluetongue, Schmallenberg - what is next? Culicoides-borne viral diseases in the 21stCentury

CJM Koenraadt, T Balenghien, S Carpenter… - BMC veterinary …, 2014 - Springer
In the past decade, two pathogens transmitted by Culicoides biting midges (Diptera:
Ceratopogonidae), bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus, have caused serious …

Monitoring of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides Latreille) on farms in Sweden during the emergence of the 2008 epidemic of bluetongue

SA Nielsen, BO Nielsen, J Chirico - Parasitology research, 2010 - Springer
In light of the emergence of bluetongue in northern Europe, populations of Culicoides
species were monitored in 2007–2008 by means of Onderstepoort blacklight suction traps …