Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola
Following the bluetongue (BT) outbreaks in Tunisia from 1999 to 2002, BTV (bluetongue virus) serotype 2 was isolated; however, no entomological investigation was performed. In the study presented here, we assessed the Culicoides species populations (particularly C. imicola) in proximity to the BT ou...
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| author | Hammami S. Bouzid M. Hammou F. Fakhfakh E. Delecolle J.C. |
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| description | Following the bluetongue (BT) outbreaks in Tunisia from 1999 to 2002, BTV (bluetongue virus) serotype 2 was isolated; however, no entomological investigation was performed. In the study presented here, we assessed the Culicoides species populations (particularly C. imicola) in proximity to the BT outbreaks locations, both as a retrospective analysis and to update the list of Culicoides species present in Tunisia. The insects were caught using light traps and the species identification was performed according to the standard entomological methods. This study revealed the presence of significant numbers of C. imicola in all the tested locations. In addition, we reported a new Culicoides species for the Tunisian fauna C. punctatus |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddc77bc80b3840ae9040845b9621890a2023-11-02T10:20:30ZengEDP SciencesParasite1252-607X1776-10422008-06-0115217918110.1051/parasite/2008152179parasite2008152p179Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicolaHammami S.Bouzid M.Hammou F.Fakhfakh E.Delecolle J.C.Following the bluetongue (BT) outbreaks in Tunisia from 1999 to 2002, BTV (bluetongue virus) serotype 2 was isolated; however, no entomological investigation was performed. In the study presented here, we assessed the Culicoides species populations (particularly C. imicola) in proximity to the BT outbreaks locations, both as a retrospective analysis and to update the list of Culicoides species present in Tunisia. The insects were caught using light traps and the species identification was performed according to the standard entomological methods. This study revealed the presence of significant numbers of C. imicola in all the tested locations. In addition, we reported a new Culicoides species for the Tunisian fauna C. punctatushttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2008152179bluetonguevectorCulicoidesCulicoides imicolaTunisia |
| spellingShingle | Hammami S. Bouzid M. Hammou F. Fakhfakh E. Delecolle J.C. Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola Parasite bluetongue vector Culicoides Culicoides imicola Tunisia |
| title | Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola |
| title_full | Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola |
| title_fullStr | Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola |
| title_short | Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola |
| title_sort | occurrence of culicoides spp diptera ceratopogonidae in tunisia with emphasis on the bluetongue vector culicoides imicola |
| topic | bluetongue vector Culicoides Culicoides imicola Tunisia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2008152179 |
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