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High dispersal capacity of Culicoides obsoletus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vector of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses, revealed by landscape genetic analyses.
Parasites & vectors - 3 Feb 2021
Mignotte Antoine, Garros Claire, Dellicour Simon, Jacquot Maude, Gilbert Marius, Gardès Laetitia, Balenghien Thomas, Duhayon Maxime, Rakotoarivony Ignace, de Wavrechin Maïa, Huber Karine
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BACKGROUND: In the last two decades, recurrent epizootics of bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus have been reported in the western Palearctic region. These viruses affect domestic cattle, sheep, goats and wild ruminants and are transmitted by native hematophagous midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Culicoides dispersal is known to be stratified, i.e. due to a combination of dispersal...
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