Browsing by Subject "Midge"

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Occurrence of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Khomas region of Namibia during the winter months

Becker, Elbè; Venter, Gert J.; Labuschagne, Karien; Greyling, Telane; Van Hamburg, Huib (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, 2012)

Although African horse sickness (AHS) is considered to be endemic in Namibia, limited data on its Culicoides midge vector (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are available. The principal study objective was to determine the presence, ...
Vector competence is strongly affected by a small deletion or point mutations in bluetongue virus

Van Gennip, Rene G.P.; Van Rijn, Piet A.; Drolet, Barbara S.; Rozo Lopez, Paula; Roost, Ashley J.C. (BMC, 2019)

Background Transmission of vector-borne virus by insects is a complex mechanism consisting of many different processes; viremia in the host, uptake, infection and dissemination in the vector, and delivery of virus during ...