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000036765 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1371/journal.pone.0141667
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000036765 100__ $$aTalavera, S.
000036765 245__ $$aCulicoides species communities associated with wild ruminant ecosystems in Spain: Tracking the way to determine potential bridge vectors for arboviruses
000036765 260__ $$c2015
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000036765 5203_ $$aThe genus Culicoides Latreille 1809 is a well-known vector for protozoa, filarial worms and, above all, numerous viruses. The Bluetongue virus (BTV) and the recently emerged Schmallenberg virus (SBV) are responsible for important infectious, non-contagious, insect-borne viral diseases found in domestic ruminants and transmitted by Culicoides spp. Both of these diseases have been detected in wild ruminants, but their role as reservoirs during the vector-free season still remains relatively unknown. In fact, we tend to ignore the possibility of wild ruminants acting as a source of disease (BTV, SBV) and permitting its reintroduction to domestic ruminants during the following vector season. In this context, a knowledge of the composition of the Culicoides species communities that inhabit areas where there are wild ruminants is of major importance as the presence of a vector species is a prerequisite for disease transmission. In this study, samplings were conducted in areas inhabited by different wild ruminant species; samples were taken in both 2009 and 2010, on a monthly basis, during the peak season for midge activity (in summer and autumn). A total of 102, 693 specimens of 40 different species of the genus Culicoides were trapped; these included major BTV and SBV vector species. The most abundant vector species were C. imicola and species of the Obsoletus group, which represented 15% and 11% of total numbers of specimens, respectively. At the local scale, the presence of major BTV and SBV vector species in areas with wild ruminants coincided with that of the nearest sentinel farms included in the Spanish Bluetongue Entomological Surveillance Programme, although their relative abundance varied. The data suggest that such species do not exhibit strong host specificity towards either domestic or wild ruminants and that they could consequently play a prominent role as bridge vectors for different pathogens between both types of ruminants. This finding would support the hypothesis that wild ruminants could act as reservoirs for such pathogens, and subsequently be involved in the reintroduction of disease to livestock on neighbouring farms.
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000036765 591__ $$aMULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES$$b11 / 62 = 0.177$$c2015$$dQ1$$eT1
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000036765 593__ $$aAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2015$$dQ1
000036765 593__ $$aMedicine (miscellaneous)$$c2015$$dQ1
000036765 593__ $$aBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)$$c2015$$dQ1
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000036765 700__ $$aMuñoz-Muñoz, F.
000036765 700__ $$aDurán, M.
000036765 700__ $$aVerdún, M.
000036765 700__ $$aSoler-Membrives, A.
000036765 700__ $$aOleaga, A.
000036765 700__ $$aArenas, A.
000036765 700__ $$aRuiz-Fons, F.
000036765 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6279-0453$$aEstrada, R.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000036765 700__ $$aPagès, N.
000036765 7102_ $$11009$$2X$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cProy. investigación HRA
000036765 773__ $$g10, 10 (2015), [18 pp]$$pPLoS One$$tPloS one$$x1932-6203
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