Host preferences and circadian rhythm of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vectors of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses in Senegal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-245

  Fall, Moussa ^a,c   Fall, Assane G ^a   Seck, Momar T ^a   Bouyer, Jérémy ^a,b,d,e   Diarra, Maryam ^a   Lancelot, Renaud ^b   Gimonneau, Geoffrey ^a,b   Garros, Claire ^b   Bakhoum, Mame T ^a   Faye, Ousmane ^c   Baldet, Thierry ^b   Balenghien, Thomas ^b  

^a ISRA LNERV   (Senegal)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d UMR ASTRE   (France)

^e Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Diel host seeking activity; Host feeding pattern; Orbivirus transmission; Thi s (Senegal)

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; HORSE; HOST PREFERENCE; SHEEP; VIRUS;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OXYSTOMA; CULICOIDES PSEUDOPALLIDIPENNIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HORSE; HOST PREFERENCE; LASIOHELAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SENEGAL; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

SENEGAL; THIES;

ANIMALIA; AVARITIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OXYSTOMA; CULICOIDES PSEUDOPALLIDIPENNIS; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; ORBIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; SENEGAL; SHEEP;

EID: 84934909405     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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