An updated review on bluetongue virus: epidemiology, pathobiology, and advances in diagnosis and control with special reference to India

M Saminathan, KP Singh, JH Khorajiya… - Veterinary …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Bluetongue (BT) is an economically important, non-contagious viral disease of domestic and
wild ruminants. BT is caused by BT virus (BTV) and it belongs to the genus Orbivirus and …

Assessment of listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) No 2016/429): bluetongue

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare … - Efsa …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Double-stranded RNA orbivirus disrupts the DNA-sensing cGAS-sting axis to prevent type I IFN induction

A Louloudes-Lázaro, P Nogales-Altozano… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is a DNA sensing cellular receptor that induces
IFN-I transcription in response to pathogen and host derived cytosolic DNA and can limit the …

Viral diversity and blood-feeding patterns of Afrotropical Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

EO Ogola, ADS Bastos, I Slothouwer, C Getugi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of arboviral
pathogens that primarily affect livestock represented by Schmallenberg virus (SBV) …

The utilisation of CytB and COI barcodes for the identification of bloodmeals and Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) reveals a variety of novel wildlife …

J Snyman, LP Snyman, K Labuschagne, GJ Venter… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Biting midges in the genus Culicoides (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of pathogens
that can cause diseases of major economic importance in humans and animals. Identifying …

Orbiviruses in biting midges and mosquitoes from the Zambezi region, Namibia

HD Guggemos, M Fendt… - Journal of General …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
The genus Orbivirus includes a variety of pathogenic viruses that are transmitted by biting
midges, mosquitoes and ticks. Some of the economically most relevant orbiviruses are …

Assessing the potential of plains zebra to maintain African horse sickness in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

T Porphyre, JD Grewar - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
African horse sickness (AHS) is a disease of equids that results in a non-tariff barrier to the
trade of live equids from affected countries. AHS is endemic in South Africa except for a …

Culicoides species as potential vectors of African horse sickness virus in the southern regions of South Africa

MA Riddin, GJ Venter, K Labuschagne… - Medical and veterinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A field investigation of an African horse sickness outbreak in the controlled area of South Africa in 2016

JD Grewar, CT Weyer, GJ Venter… - Transboundary and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An outbreak of African horse sickness (AHS) caused by AHS virus type 1 occurred within the
South African AHS surveillance zone during April and May 2016. The index case was …

Bloodmeal analysis in Culicoides midges collected near horses, donkeys and zebras in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

MA Riddin, GJ Venter, K Labuschagne… - Medical and veterinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An upsurge in African horse sickness (AHS) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, from 2006
led to an epidemiological reassessment of the disease there. Light trap** surveys carried …