The effect of climate on the presence of Culicoides imicola in Italy

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-147

  Conte, A ^a   Giovannini, A ^a   Savini, L ^a   Goffredo, M ^a   Calistri, P ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037388617     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00632.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Baylis, M., H. El Hasnaoui, H. Bouayoune, J. Touti, and P. S. Mellor, 1997: The spatial and seasonal distribution of African horse sickness and its potential Culicoides vectors in Morocco. Med. Vet. Entomol. 11, 203-212.
2. Baylis, M., R. Meiswinkel, and G. J. Venter, 1999: A preliminary attempt to use climate data and satellite imagery to model the abundance and distribution of Culicoides imicola (Diptera Ceratopogonidae) in southern Africa. J. South African Vet. Ass. 70, 80-89.
3. Baylis, M., P. S. Mellor, E. J. Wittmann, and D. J. Rogers, 2001: Prediction of areas around the Mediterranean at risk of bluetongue by modelling the distribution of its vector using satellite imaging. Vet. Rec. 149, 639-643.
4. Boorman, J., M. Jennings, P. Mellor, and P. Wilkinson, 1985: Further data on the distribution of midges in southern Europe and the Mediterranean area, with special reference to Culicoides imicola. In: Barker, T. L., and M. M. Jochim (eds), Bluetongue and Related Orbiviruses, pp. 187-190. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
5. Braverman, Y., F. Chechik, and B. Mullens, 2001: The interaction between climatic factors and bluetongue outbreaks in Israel and the eastern Mediterranean, and the feasibility of establishing bluetongue-free zones. Israel J. Vet. Med. 56, 99-109.
6. Calistri, P., M. Goffredo, R. Meiswinkel, and V. Caporale, 2003: The distribution of Culicoides imicola in Italy: application and evaluation of current Mediterranean models based on climate. J. Vet. Med. B 50, 132-138 (this issue).
7. Coluzzi, M., and M. Kremer, 1964: Contributo alla conoscenza dei Culicoidi Italiani. Parassitologia 6, 63-69.
8. Cox, D. R., 1970: The Analysis of Binary Data. Methuen, London, UK.
9. Goffredo, M., G. Satta, A. Torina, G. Federico, P. Scaramozzino, M. A. Cafiero, R. Lelli, and R. Meiswinkel, 2001: The 2000 Bluetongue virus (BTV) outbreak in Italy: distribution and abundance of the principal vector Culicoides imicola Kieffer. Proc. Int. Symp. Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. Salsomaggiore, Parma, Italy, 4-7 July 2001.
10. Hosmer, D. W., and S. Lemeshow, 1989: Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA.
11. Kieffer, J. J., 1919: Chironomides d'Europe conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historiae Naturalis Musei Nationalis Hungarici 17, 1-160.
12. Lessard, P., R. L'Eplattenier, R. A. I. Norval, K. Kundert, T. T. Dolan, H. Croze, J. B. Walker, A. D. Irvin, and B. D. Perry, 1990: Geographical information systems for studying the epidemiology of cattle diseases caused by Theileria parva. Vet. Rec. 126, 255-262.
13. Mellor, P. S., and C. J. Leake, 2000: Climatic and geographic influences on arboviral infections and vectors. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizooties, 19, 41-54.
14. Rondani, C., 1869: Di alcuni insetti dipteri che aiutano le fecondazione in diversii peringonii. Archivio per la Zoologia l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia, serie 2, Bologna 1, 187-192.
15. Scaramozzino, P., J. Boorman, G. Semproni, F. Vitale, P. Mellor, and S. Caracappa, 1996: Entomological survey on Ceratopogonidae in central-southern Italy. In: European Multicolloquial on Para sitology. Parassitologia 38, 124.
16. Sellers, R. F., and P. S. Mellor, 1993: Temperature and the persistence of viruses in Culicoides spp. during adverse conditions. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizooties 12, 733-755.
17. Siegel, S., and N. J. Castellan Jr., 1988: Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill International Editions (Statistics series), New York, NY, USA.
18. Venter, G. J., and R. Meiswinkel, 1994: The virtual absence of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the colder, high-lying area of the eastern Orange Free State, South Africa, and its implications for the transmission of arboviruses. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 61, 327-345.
19. Ward, M. P., 1994: Climatic factors associated with prevalence of bluetongue virus infection of cattle herds in Queensland, Australia. Vet. Rec. 134, 407-410.
20. Ward, M. P., and T. E. Carpenter, 1996: Simulation modeling of the effect of climatic factors on bluetongue virus infection in Australian cattle herds. I. model formulation, verification and validation. Prev. Vet. Med. 27, 1-12.
21. Wittmann, E. J., P. S. Mellor, and M. Baylis, 2001: Using climate data to map the potential distribution of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizooties 20, 731-740.
22. Wright, J. C., R. R. Getz, T. A. Powe, K. E. Nusbaum, D. A. Stringfellow, G. R. Mullen, and L. H. Lauerman, 1993: Model based on weather variables to predict seroconversion to bluetongue virus in Alabama cattle. Prev. Vet. Med. 16, 271-278.