Characterisation of the virome of Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of bluetongue virus in Australia

SR Sharpe, M Madhav, MJ Klein… - Journal of General …, 2025 - microbiologyresearch.org
Culicoides spp., a common biting midge genus, are haematophagous insects that can
transmit pathogens to humans and other animals. Some species transmit arboviruses …

Morphological Characterization of Culex Quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Pupae in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

AS Yamany, R Abdel‐Gaber - Microscopy Research and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, several mosquito‐borne diseases have spread worldwide,
threatening human and animal health, including lymphatic filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis is a …

Meta-analyses of Culex blood-meals indicates strong regional effect on feeding patterns

JS Griep, E Grant, J Pilgrim, O Riabinina… - PLoS neglected …, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Understanding host utilization by mosquito vectors is essential to assess the risk of vector-
borne diseases. Many studies have investigated the feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes …

Application of Wings Interferential Patterns (WIPs) and Deep Learning (DL) to classify some Culex. spp (Culicidae) of medical or veterinary importance

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, A Histace, M Akhoundi… - 2025 - researchsquare.com
In this paper, we test the possibility of using Wing Interference Patterns (WIPs) and deep
learning (DL) for the identification of Culex mosquitoes species to evaluate the extent to …

Japanese encephalitis transmission in Australia: challenges and future perspectives

CK Dowsett, F Frentiu, GJ Devine, W Hu - The Medical Journal of …, 2025 - mja.com.au
Japanese encephalitis is caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV is the main
cause of viral encephalitis in Asia, 1 and is endemic in many countries on that continent and …