Bluetongue, Schmallenberg - what is next? Culicoides-borne viral diseases in the 21st Century

Constantianus Jm Koenraadt, Thomas Balenghien, Simon Carpenter, Els Ducheyne, Armin Rw Elbers, Mark Fife, Claire Garros, Adolfo Ibáñez-Justicia, Helge Kampen, Richard Jm Kormelink, Bertrand Losson, Wim Hm van der Poel, Nick De Regge, Piet A van Rijn, Christopher Sanders, Francis Schaffner, Marianne M Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, Willem Takken, Doreen Werner, Frederik Seelig

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    Abstract

    In the past decade, two pathogens transmitted by Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus, have caused serious economic losses to the European livestock industry, most notably affecting sheep and cattle. These outbreaks of arboviral disease have highlighted large knowledge gaps on the biology and ecology of indigenous Culicoides species. With these research gaps in mind, and as a means of assessing what potential disease outbreaks to expect in the future, an international workshop was held in May 2013 at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. It brought together research groups from Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and The Netherlands, with diverse backgrounds in vector ecology, epidemiology, entomology, virology, animal health, modelling, and genetics. Here, we report on the key findings of this workshop.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number10:77
    Number of pages6
    JournalBMC Veterinary Research
    Volume10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Bluetongue
    • Bluetongue virus
    • Bunyaviridae Infections
    • Cattle
    • Cattle Diseases
    • Ceratopogonidae
    • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
    • Education
    • Europe
    • Orthobunyavirus
    • Sheep

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