Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as Vectors of Viruses

Mosquito vector competence for dengue is modulated by insect-specific viruses

(2023) Roenick P. Olmo et al.   Nature Microbiology

Emergence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in Europe

(2023) Stéphan Zientara et al.   VIROLOGIE

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus: Current Knowledge and Emerging Perspectives

(2023) Luis Jiménez-Cabello et al.   Microorganisms

Vector competence of Culicoides biting midges from Switzerland for African horse sickness virus and epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus

(2022) L.M. Maurer et al.   SCHWEIZER ARCHIV FUR TIERHEILKUNDE

Bluetongue Virus Infection of Goats: Re-Emerged European Serotype 8 vs. Two Atypical Serotypes

(2022) Christina Ries et al.   Viruses-Basel

Dissecting the Species-Specific Virome in Culicoides of Thrace

(2022) Konstantinos Konstantinidis et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Baseline mapping of Oropouche virology, epidemiology, therapeutics, and vaccine research and development

(2022) Megan A. Files et al.   npj Vaccines

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus microbiome/virome: new strategies for controlling arboviral transmission?

(2022) Marcela Gómez et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Vector Competence of Florida Culicoides insignis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype-2

(2021) Bethany L. McGregor et al.   Viruses-Basel

Infection, Dissemination, and Transmission Potential of North American Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex tarsalis, and Culicoides sonorensis for Oropouche Virus

(2021) Bethany L. McGregor et al.   Viruses-Basel

Mosquito Trilogy: Microbiota, Immunity and Pathogens, and Their Implications for the Control of Disease Transmission

(2021) Paolo Gabrieli et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Species Identity, Life History, and Geographic Distance Influence Gut Bacterial Communities in Lab-Reared and European Field-Collected Culicoides Biting midges

(2021) Tim W. R. Möhlmann et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Wolbachia as translational science: controlling mosquito-borne pathogens

(2021) Eric P. Caragata et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Combating mosquito-borne diseases using genetic control technologies

(2021) Guan-Hong Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Fat Body—Multifunctional Insect Tissue

(2021) Patrycja Skowronek et al.   Insects

Perspectives on the Changing Landscape of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Control

(2021) Leela E. Noronha et al.   Viruses-Basel

Profiling of RNA Viruses in Biting Midges ( Ceratopogonidae ) and Related Diptera from Kenya Using Metagenomics and Metabarcoding Analysis

(2021) Solomon K. Langat et al.   mSphere

Economic Impact of a Bluetongue Serotype 8 Epidemic in Germany

(2020) Jörn Gethmann et al.   Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Impact of Gut Bacteria on the Infection and Transmission of Pathogenic Arboviruses by Biting Midges and Mosquitoes

(2020) Tim W. R. Möhlmann et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The tree that hides the forest: cryptic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in the Palaearctic vector Obsoletus/Scoticus Complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at the European level

(2020) Antoine Mignotte et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Re‐circulation of Schmallenberg virus, Germany, 2019

(2020) Kerstin Wernike et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

(2020) ART BORKENT et al.   ZOOTAXA

Schmallenberg Virus: To Vaccinate, or Not to Vaccinate?

(2020) Kerstin Wernike et al.   Vaccines

Comparative viromes of Culicoides and mosquitoes reveal their consistency and diversity in viral profiles

(2020) Lin Liu et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Vector Competence of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 2 Strains from Canada and Florida

(2019) Bethany L. McGregor et al.   Viruses-Basel

African Horse Sickness: A Review of Current Understanding and Vaccine Development

(2019) Susan J Dennis et al.   Viruses-Basel

Updating the global occurrence of Culicoides imicola, a vector for emerging viral diseases

(2019) Samson Leta et al.   Scientific Data

Schmallenberg Disease—A Newly Emerged Culicoides-Borne Viral Disease of Ruminants

(2019) Abaineh Endalew et al.   Viruses-Basel

Prospects of Next-Generation Vaccines for Bluetongue

(2019) Piet A. van Rijn   Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus in dairy cattle in Ethiopia

(2018) Berhanu Sibhat et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Oropouche fever, an emergent disease from the Americas

(2018) Daniel Romero-Alvarez et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

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

(2018) Ana Carolina Cuéllar et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Oropouche Fever: A Review

(2018) Hercules Sakkas et al.   Viruses-Basel

Reproducibility and relevance in insect-arbovirus infection studies

(2018) Anthony James Wilson et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Biotic and abiotic factors shape the microbiota of wild-caught populations of the arbovirus vector Culicoides imicola

(2018) S. Díaz-Sánchez et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Vector competence of pre-alpine Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for bluetongue virus serotypes 1, 4 and 8

(2018) Anca Ioana Paslaru et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Antibodies against Schmallenberg virus detected in cattle in the Otjozondjupa region, Namibia

(2018) Umberto Molini et al.   Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Torix group Rickettsia are widespread in Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), reach high frequency and carry unique genomic features

(2017) Jack Pilgrim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Strong responses of Drosophila melanogaster microbiota to developmental temperature

(2017) Neda N. Moghadam et al.   FLY

First detection of Wolbachia-infected Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe: Wolbachia and Cardinium infection across Culicoides communities revealed in Spain

(2017) Nonito Pagès et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Preliminary serological evidence for Schmallenberg virus infection in China

(2017) Shao-Lun Zhai et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Culicoides –virus interactions: infection barriers and possible factors underlying vector competence

(2017) Mary K Mills et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Detection of African horse sickness virus inCulicoides imicolapools using RT-qPCR

(2016) Tania de Waal et al.   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

Characterization of Viral Communities of Biting Midges and Identification of Novel Thogotovirus Species and Rhabdovirus Genus

(2016) Sarah Temmam et al.   Viruses-Basel

Detection of Low-Level Cardinium and Wolbachia Infections in Culicoides

(2015) Peter T. Mee et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) taxonomy: Current challenges and future directions

(2015) L.E. Harrup et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

African horse sickness

(2015) S. ZIENTARA et al.   REVUE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE-OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES

Vaccines for Prevention of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Livestock: A North American Perspective

(2015) D. Scott McVey et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Cost analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 surveillance and vaccination programmes in Austria from 2005 to 2013

(2015) Beate Pinior et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

Long-distance aerial dispersal modelling of Culicoides biting midges: case studies of incursions into Australia

(2014) Debbie Eagles et al.   BMC Veterinary Research

First detection of endosymbiotic bacteria in biting midgesCulicoides pulicarisandCulicoides punctatus, important Palaearctic vectors of bluetongue virus

(2014) S. E. LEWIS et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Gene discovery and differential expression analysis of humoral immune response elements in female Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

(2014) Dana Nayduch et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Worldwide Niche and Future Potential Distribution of Culicoides imicola, a Major Vector of Bluetongue and African Horse Sickness Viruses

(2014) Sylvain Guichard et al.   PLoS One

The emergence of Schmallenberg virus across Culicoides communities and ecosystems in Europe

(2014) Thomas Balenghien et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Schmallenberg virus—Two years of experiences

(2014) Kerstin Wernike et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Implicating Culicoides Biting Midges as Vectors of Schmallenberg Virus Using Semi-Quantitative RT-PCR

(2013) Eva Veronesi et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) Eva Veronesi et al.   PLoS One

Eradication of bluetongue disease in Germany by vaccination

(2013) Hans-Joachim Baetza   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Detection of the Schmallenberg virus in nulliparous Culicoides obsoletus/scoticus complex and C. punctatus—The possibility of transovarial virus transmission in the midge population and of a new vector

(2013) Magdalena Larska et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic reassortment between Sathuperi and Shamonda viruses of the genus Orthobunyavirus in nature: implications for their genetic relationship to Schmallenberg virus

(2012) Tohru Yanase et al.   ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

‘Schmallenberg virus’ – a novel orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe

(2012) M. BEER et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Prevalence of the symbiont Cardinium in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vector species is associated with land surface temperature

(2012) Neta Morag et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

RNA Interference Targets Arbovirus Replication in Culicoides Cells

(2012) E. Schnettler et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

PCR identification of culicoid biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) of the Obsoletus complex including putative vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses

(2012) Kathrin Lehmann et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Serratia odorifera a Midgut Inhabitant of Aedes aegypti Mosquito Enhances Its Susceptibility to Dengue-2 Virus

(2012) Anjali Apte-Deshpande et al.   PLoS One

Detection of Schmallenberg virus in differentCulicoidesspp. by real-time RT-PCR

(2012) N. De Regge et al.   Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Identification of field-caught Culicoides biting midges using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry

(2011) CHRISTIAN KAUFMANN et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Temperature Dependence of the Extrinsic Incubation Period of Orbiviruses in Culicoides Biting Midges

(2011) Simon Carpenter et al.   PLoS One

Epizootic heamorragic disease

(2011) G. Savini et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

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

(2010) Søren Achim Nielsen et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Suggesting synonymies? Comments on Kiehl et al. (2009) “The European vectors of Bluetongue virus: are there species complexes, single species or races in Culicoides obsoletus and C. pulicaris detectable by sequencing ITS-1, ITS-2 and 18S-rDNA?”

(2010) Claire Garros et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Experimental infection studies of UK Culicoides species midges with bluetongue virus serotypes 8 and 9

(2010) S. Carpenter et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Culicoides chiopterus as a potential vector of bluetongue virus in Europe

(2010) E. Dijkstra et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Prevalence of Cardinium Bacteria in Planthoppers and Spider Mites and Taxonomic Revision of "Candidatus Cardinium hertigii" Based on Detection of a New Cardinium Group from Biting Midges

(2009) Y. Nakamura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Pathology and Pathogenesis of Bluetongue

(2009) N.J. Maclachlan et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY

Bluetongue disease in Germany (2007–2008): monitoring of entomological aspects

(2009) Heinz Mehlhorn et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Bluetongue in Europe: past, present and future

(2009) A. J. Wilson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Financial consequences of the Dutch bluetongue serotype 8 epidemics of 2006 and 2007

(2009) A.G.J. Velthuis et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Identification of cryptic species of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the subgenus Culicoides and development of species-specific PCR assays based on barcode regions

(2009) N. Pagès et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Vector monitoring at Belgian outbreak sites during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006

(2008) G. De Deken et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

The 2006 outbreak of bluetongue in northern Europe—The entomological perspective

(2008) R. Meiswinkel et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Bluetongue: Vector surveillance in Austria in 2007

(2008) Peter Sehnal et al.   WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT