- Title
- Culicoides species as potential vectors of African horse sickness virus in the southern regions of South Africa:
- Creator
- Riddin, Megan A, Venter, G J, Labuschagne, K, Villet, Martin H
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140727
- Identifier
- vital:37913
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.1111/mve.12391
- Description
- African horse sickness (AHS), a disease of equids caused by the AHS virus, is of major concern in South Africa. With mortality reaching up to 95% in susceptible horses and the apparent reoccurrence of cases in regions deemed non‐endemic, most particularly the Eastern Cape, epidemiological research into factors contributing to the increase in the range of this economically important virus became imperative. The vectors, Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), are considered unable to proliferate during the unfavourable climatic conditions experienced in winter in the province, although the annual occurrence of AHS suggests that the virus has become established and that vector activity continues throughout the year. Surveillance of Culicoides within the province is sparse and little was known of the diversity of vector species or the abundance of known vectors, Culicoides imicola and Culicoides bolitinos. Surveillance was performed using light trapping methods at selected sites with varying equid species over two winter and two outbreak seasons, aiming to determine diversity, abundance and vector epidemiology of Culicoides within the province. The research provided an updated checklist of Culicoides species within the Eastern Cape, contributing to an increase in the knowledge of AHS vector epidemiology, as well as prevention and control in southern Africa.
- Format
- 14 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Medical and veterinary entomology, Riddin, M.A., Venter, G.J., Labuschagne, K. and Villet, M.H., 2019. Culicoides species as potential vectors of African horse sickness virus in the southern regions of South Africa. Medical and veterinary entomology, 33(4), pp.498-511., Medical and veterinary entomology volume 33 number 4 498 511 June 2019 1365-2915
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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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