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Calvete C, Delacour S, Oropeza-Velasquez RV, Estrada R, Sarto MP, Iguacel L, Lucientes J, Calvo JH. Experimental Study of the Mechanical Transmission of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV2/b) by Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae). J Med Entomol 2022; 59:350-354. [PMID: 34447999 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) is caused by a lagovirus mainly affecting European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), although other European and North American lagomorph species are also susceptible to fatal infection by the new viral variant RHDV2/b. In the present work, direct mechanical transmission of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV2/b variant) by the hematophagous Diptera Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) and the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae) was tested. For each species, six and three laboratory rabbits were exposed to bites of dipterous females partially fed on RHDV2/b viral suspension 2 h and 24 h prior to exposure, respectively. The rabbits were then monitored for clinical changes and mortality for 35 d, and seroconversion was assessed by indirect ELISA. No rabbit died or showed clinical signs of disease, and seroconversion was recorded in two rabbits challenged with P. papatasi females fed the viral suspension 2 h prior to exposure. The number of RHDV2/b RNA copies/female was higher in Ae. albopictus than in P. papatasi but the decrease over time of RNA load in Ae. albopictus was greater than that in P. papatasi. The results of this study suggest the inability of Ae. albopictus to serve as a direct mechanical vector of RHDV2/b, but sand flies could play a role in the local transmission of RHD.
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- C Calvete
- Animal Production and Health Unit, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
- Agrifood Institute of Aragon - IA2 (CITA-University of Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Agrifood Institute of Aragon - IA2 (CITA-University of Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
- Animal Pathology Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Agrifood Institute of Aragon - IA2 (CITA-University of Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
- Animal Pathology Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Animal Production and Health Unit, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Animal Production and Health Unit, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Agrifood Institute of Aragon - IA2 (CITA-University of Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
- Animal Pathology Department, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Animal Production and Health Unit, Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon (CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
- Agrifood Institute of Aragon - IA2 (CITA-University of Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
- ARAID, Zaragoza, Spain
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Alarcón-Elbal PM, González MA, Delacour-Estrella S, Bravo-Barriga D, Estrada Peña R, Goiri F, García-Pérez AL, Lucientes J. First Findings and Molecular Data of Phlebotomus mascittii (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Cantabrian Cornice (Northern Spain). J Med Entomol 2021; 58:2499-2503. [PMID: 34021579 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) has been found in several European countries. In Spain, sporadic records were reported in the early '80s in Catalonia (Northeast Spain), and it was never detected again. Recent entomological surveys carried out between 2004 and 2020 revealed the presence of several specimens of P. mascittii in Spain. The species identification was confirmed by both morphological and molecular analyses. The analyzed specimens belonged to the haplotype (COI_2) defined by one polymorphic site compared to other European specimens. Phlebotomus mascittii was found in low population densities in rural areas associated with livestock farms and in an urban cemetery during the summer season. This study provides the first records of this species in various localities along the Cantabrian cornice (Northern Spain) and represents its westernmost observation in the Palearctic region. The implications of the finding of this uncommon species are discussed at different levels, with emphasis on its suspected role in the transmission of leishmaniosis.
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- P M Alarcón-Elbal
- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Av. de la Universidad s/n, 10003, Cáceres, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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Gangoso L, Aragonés D, Martínez-de la Puente J, Lucientes J, Delacour-Estrella S, Estrada Peña R, Montalvo T, Bueno-Marí R, Bravo-Barriga D, Frontera E, Marqués E, Ruiz-Arrondo I, Muñoz A, Oteo JA, Miranda MA, Barceló C, Arias Vázquez MS, Silva-Torres MI, Ferraguti M, Magallanes S, Muriel J, Marzal A, Aranda C, Ruiz S, González MA, Morchón R, Gómez-Barroso D, Figuerola J. Determinants of the current and future distribution of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex pipiens in Spain. Environ Res 2020; 188:109837. [PMID: 32798954 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Changes in environmental conditions, whether related or not to human activities, are continuously modifying the geographic distribution of vectors, which in turn affects the dynamics and distribution of vector-borne infectious diseases. Determining the main ecological drivers of vector distribution and how predicted changes in these drivers may alter their future distributions is therefore of major importance. However, the drivers of vector populations are largely specific to each vector species and region. Here, we identify the most important human-activity-related and bioclimatic predictors affecting the current distribution and habitat suitability of the mosquito Culex pipiens and potential future changes in its distribution in Spain. We determined the niche of occurrence (NOO) of the species, which considers only those areas lying within the range of suitable environmental conditions using presence data. Although almost ubiquitous, the distribution of Cx. pipiens is mostly explained by elevation and the degree of urbanization but also, to a lesser extent, by mean temperatures during the wettest season and temperature seasonality. The combination of these predictors highlights the existence of a heterogeneous pattern of habitat suitability, with most suitable areas located in the southern and northeastern coastal areas of Spain, and unsuitable areas located at higher altitude and in colder regions. Future climatic predictions indicate a net decrease in distribution of up to 29.55%, probably due to warming and greater temperature oscillations. Despite these predicted changes in vector distribution, their effects on the incidence of infectious diseases are, however, difficult to forecast since different processes such as local adaptation to temperature, vector-pathogen interactions, and human-derived changes in landscape may play important roles in shaping the future dynamics of pathogen transmission.
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- L Gangoso
- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, EBD-CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Seville, Spain.
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- Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (LAST-EBD), Estación Biológica de Doñana, EBD-CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, EBD-CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Seville, Spain; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Animal Health Department, The AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C/ Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Plaça Lesseps 8, 08023, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Investigación y Desarrollo (I+D), Laboratorios Lokímica, Polígono Industrial El Bony, C/42, n°4, 46470, Catarroja, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Av. de la Universidad s/n, 10003, Cáceres, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, Av. de la Universidad s/n, 10003, Cáceres, Spain
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- Service of Mosquito Control (Badia de Roses i del Baix Ter), Plaça del Bruel 1, Castelló d'Empúries, 17486, Empuriabrava, Girona, Spain
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- Center of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital Universitario San Pedro-CIBIR, C/ Piqueras 98, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Quimera Biological Systems S.L., Pol. Malpica-Alfindén, C/ Olivo 14, Nave 6, 50171, La Puebla de Alfindén, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Center of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, Hospital Universitario San Pedro-CIBIR, C/ Piqueras 98, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Applied Zoology and Animal Conservation group, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Ctra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Applied Zoology and Animal Conservation group, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Ctra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Zoonoses and Public Health. COPAR Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago de Compostela, Av. Carvallo Calero, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Zoonoses and Public Health. COPAR Research Group, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago de Compostela, Av. Carvallo Calero, 27002, Lugo, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Av. de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Av. de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Av. de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain; Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, IPE (CSIC), Av. Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 16, 22700, Jaca, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Av. de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA-UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; Servei de Control de Mosquits, Consell Comarcal del Baix Llobregat, N-340, 08980, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Service of Mosquito Control de la Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Ctra. Hospital Infanta Elena s/n, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Animal Health, NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Berreaga 1, 48160, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Group of Animal and Human dirofilariosis. University of Salamanca, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus Miguel Unamuno, C/ Lic. Méndez Nieto, s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/ Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029, Madrid. Spain; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, EBD-CSIC, C/ Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Seville, Spain; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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Martín-Vega D, Garbout A, Ahmed F, Ferrer LM, Lucientes J, Colwell DD, Hall MJR. Micro-computed tomography visualization of the vestigial alimentary canal in adult oestrid flies. Med Vet Entomol 2018; 32:378-382. [PMID: 29451298 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Oestrid flies (Diptera: Oestridae) do not feed during the adult stage as they acquire all necessary nutrients during the parasitic larval stage. The adult mouthparts and digestive tract are therefore frequently vestigial; however, morphological data on the alimentary canal in adult oestrid flies are scarce and a proper visualization of this organ system within the adult body is lacking. The present work visualizes the morphology of the alimentary canal in adults of two oestrid species, Oestrus ovis L. and Hypoderma lineatum (de Villiers), with the use of non-invasive micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and compares it with the highly developed alimentary canal of the blow fly Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Both O. ovis and H. lineatum adults showed significant reductions of the cardia and the diameter of the digestive tract, an absence of the helicoidal portion of the midgut typical of other cyclorrhaphous flies, and a lack of crop and salivary glands. Given the current interest in the alimentary canal in adult dipterans in biomedical and developmental biology studies, further understanding of the morphology and development of this organ system in adult oestrids may provide valuable new insights in several areas of research.
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- D Martín-Vega
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, U.K
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Imaging and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum, London, U.K
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- Imaging and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum, London, U.K
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- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, U.K
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Lucientes J, Alarcón-Elbal P. Culicoides biting midges in Spain: A brief overview. Small Rumin Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Jacquet S, Garros C, Lombaert E, Walton C, Restrepo J, Allene X, Baldet T, Cetre-Sossah C, Chaskopoulou A, Delecolle JC, Desvars A, Djerbal M, Fall M, Gardes L, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Goffredo M, Gottlieb Y, Gueye Fall A, Kasina M, Labuschagne K, Lhor Y, Lucientes J, Martin T, Mathieu B, Miranda M, Pages N, Pereira da Fonseca I, Ramilo DW, Segard A, Setier-Rio ML, Stachurski F, Tabbabi A, Talla Seck M, Venter G, Zimba M, Balenghien T, Guis H, Chevillon C, Bouyer J, Huber K. Colonization of the Mediterranean basin by the vector biting midge speciesCulicoides imicola: an old story. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5707-25. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- S. Jacquet
- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- CNRS; UMR 5290 Maladies Infectieuses & Vecteurs-Ecologie, Génétique, Ecologie, Contrôle (MIVEGEC); Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- IRD; UR 224 MIVEGEC; BP 64501, Agropolis 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- INRA; UMR1355; Institut Sophia Agrobiotech; 06903 Sophia Antipolis France
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- Computational and Evolutionary Biology; Faculty of Life Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester UK
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- Plateforme de recherche CYROI; CRVOI; Sainte Clotilde La Réunion France
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- USDA-ARS European Biological Control Laboratory; 54623 Thessaloniki Greece
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- Medicine Faculty; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology (IPPTS); EA7292 67000 Strasbourg France
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology; Umea University; Umea Sweden
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- Regional Veterinary Laboratory of Draa-Ben-Kheda; Tizi-Ouzou Algeria
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- ISRA-LNERV; BP 2057 Dakar Senegal
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- Cirad; UPR AGIRs, RP-PCP; Harare Zimbabwe
- Cirad; UPR AGIRs; Montpellier France
- Department of Biological Sciences, Entomology; University of Zimbabwe; PO Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’; 64100 Teramo Italy
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine; The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rehovot Israel
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- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization Sericulture; PO Box 7816 Code 01000 Thika Kenya
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- Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases; Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa
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- Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des produits Alimentaires (ONSSA); Rabat Morocco
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- Departamento de Patología Animal; Facultad de Veterinaria; Universidad de Zaragoza; Zaragoza Spain
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- UR Hortsys; Cirad; Montpellier France
- Plant Health Department; ICIPE; Nairobi Kenya
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- Medicine Faculty; Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Pathology (IPPTS); EA7292 67000 Strasbourg France
- EID Méditerranée; 34184 Montpellier France
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- Laboratory of Zoology; University of Balearics (UIB); Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA); UAB-IRTA; Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Spain
- CIRAD; UMR CMAEE; 97170 Petit Bourg Guadeloupe France
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária; CIISA; ULisboa; 1300-477 Lisboa Portugal
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- CNRS; UMR 5175 CEFE; Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- EPHE Campus CNRS; 1919 route de Mende 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- Lab of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnologies & Biomolecules (LR 11 IPT 06); Pasteur Institute of Tunis; Tunis Tunisia
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- Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases; Onderstepoort 0110 South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Entomology; University of Zimbabwe; PO Box MP 167 Mount Pleasant Harare Zimbabwe
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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- CNRS; UMR 5290 Maladies Infectieuses & Vecteurs-Ecologie, Génétique, Ecologie, Contrôle (MIVEGEC); Université de Montpellier; Montpellier France
- IRD; UR 224 MIVEGEC; BP 64501, Agropolis 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- ISRA-LNERV; BP 2057 Dakar Senegal
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- CIRAD UMR15 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
- INRA UMR1309 CMAEE; 34398 Montpellier France
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Del Río R, Barceló C, Paredes-Esquivel C, Lucientes J, Miranda MA. Susceptibility of Culicoides species biting midges to deltamethrin-treated nets as determined under laboratory and field conditions in the Balearic Islands, Spain. Med Vet Entomol 2014; 28:414-420. [PMID: 24890642 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of several arboviruses, including bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV), which cause diseases in, respectively, sheep and cattle, and horses, and have economic repercussions mainly as a result of trade restrictions. Insecticides can be used to reduce vector populations and hence the spread of disease. Despite the economic importance of these diseases, relatively few studies have evaluated the efficacy of commercially available insecticides and the effectiveness of treated nets against Culicoides species. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the insecticidal effect of commercially available polyethylene nets (ZeroVector(®) ) treated with deltamethrin (4.4 g/kg ± 15%) on Culicoides species. Laboratory and field trials were conducted in Culicoides populations collected in Majorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain. The present study shows that deltamethrin-treated nets provoke high and rapid mortality (90-100%) in Culicoides midges under laboratory conditions and increase mortality by 13% when deployed in the field.
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- R Del Río
- Laboratory of Zoology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Del Río R, Barceló C, Lucientes J, Miranda M. Detrimental effect of cypermethrin treated nets on Culicoides populations (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) and non-targeted fauna in livestock farms. Vet Parasitol 2014; 199:230-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ducheyne E, Miranda Chueca MA, Lucientes J, Calvete C, Estrada R, Boender GJ, Goossens E, De Clercq EM, Hendrickx G. Abundance modelling of invasive and indigenous Culicoides species in Spain. Geospat Health 2013; 8:241-254. [PMID: 24258899 DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this paper we present a novel methodology applied in Spain to model spatial abundance patterns of potential vectors of disease at a medium spatial resolution of 5 x 5 km using a countrywide database with abundance data for five Culicoides species, random regression Forest modelling and a spatial dataset of ground measured and remotely sensed eco-climatic and environmental predictor variables. First the probability of occurrence was computed. In a second step a direct regression between the probability of occurrence and trap abundance was established to verify the linearity of the relationship. Finally the probability of occurrence was used in combination with the set of predictor variables to model abundance. In each case the variable importance of the predictors was used to biologically interpret results and to compare both model outputs, and model performance was assessed using four different accuracy measures. Results are shown for C. imicola, C. newsteadii, C. pulicaris group, C. punctatus and C. obsoletus group. In each case the probability of occurrence is a good predictor of abundance at the used spatial resolution of 5 x 5 km. In addition, the C. imicola and C. obsoletus group are highly driven by summer rainfall. The spatial pattern is inverse between the two species, indicating that the lower and upper thresholds are different. C. pulicaris group is mainly driven by temperature. The patterns for C. newsteadii and C. punctatus are less clear. It is concluded that the proposed methodology can be used as an input to transmission-infection-recovery (TIR) models and R0 models. The methodology will become available to the general public as part of the VECMAP™ software.
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del Río R, Monerris M, Miquel M, Borràs D, Calvete C, Estrada R, Lucientes J, Miranda M. Collection of Culicoides spp. with four light trap models during different seasons in the Balearic Islands. Vet Parasitol 2013; 195:150-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Fleas are a common cause of feline skin disorders as well as vectors of zoonotic diseases. This study evaluated the flea species infesting domestic cats in Spain and assessed factors influencing their distribution. Fleas from 217 cats from 57 localities in Spain were identified and associations between abundance, and host-dependent, host habitat and environmental factors were examined. Variations in infracommunity and component community structure were also explored. Three species were present, of which Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) was the most abundant (98.4%), followed by Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis) (1.1%) and Pulex irritans (L.) (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) (0.5%). Overall abundance and abundances of both C. felis and C. canis were higher on farms than in apartments, but overall flea abundance and abundances of both C. felis and C. canis were lower in rural than urban environments. Overall abundance and C. felis abundance were lower during the warmest months, and mean annual rainfall was positively correlated with overall, C. felis and C. canis abundances. No relationship between the number of species per cat and any host, habitat or physiographical variable was found. Species richness was not correlated with mean annual temperature or rainfall. Flea abundance was mainly associated with host habitat and environmental factors.
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- M J Gracia
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Sánchez-Murillo JM, Alarcón-Elbal PM, González-López M, Delacour-Estrella S, Lucientes J. Description of two gynandromorphs of Culex theileri from Extremadura, Spain. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2013; 29:61-63. [PMID: 23687858 DOI: 10.2987/12-6256.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Two gynandromorphs of Culex theileri are described. The individuals were caught in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention miniature light traps in the municipality of Alcollarin, Cáceres, Spain, in 2011. One of the specimens presented polar gynandromorphism, whereas the other showed a combination of polar and transverse gynandromorphic features. Details are given of the main characteristics of both mosquitoes, with particular emphasis that this gynandromorphic finding is only the second reported for this mosquito species worldwide.
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- José M Sánchez-Murillo
- Departamento de Parasitologia, Laboratorio Regional de Sanidad Animal, Camino de Sta. Engracia, s/n 06007 Badajoz, Spain
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Calvo JH, Berzal B, Calvete C, Miranda MA, Estrada R, Lucientes J. Host feeding patterns of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) within the Picos de Europa National Park in northern Spain. Bull Entomol Res 2012; 102:692-7. [PMID: 22647415 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485312000284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Blood meal identification can provide information about the natural host-feeding patterns or preferences of Culicoides species. Such information could indirectly provide data indicating which reservoirs are significant in associated vector-borne diseases. We positively identified the host species through DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene in 144 of the 170 (84.7%) blood meal specimens tested. In the remaining samples, identification of the blood-meal source was unsuccessful, possibly due to the post-ingestion time prior to sampling or the availability of the species-specific cytochrome b gene sequences in the database. The majority of identified blood meals were derived from mammalian blood (95.8%), and only six contained chicken blood. We identified five species as mammalian hosts for Culicoides spp.: sheep (87.7%), human (6.5%), cattle (3.7%) and Savi's Pine Vole (Micrototus savii) (2.1%). The results suggested that large mammals, specifically ruminants, were most frequently fed upon by biting midges (Culicoides spp.), but evidence of opportunistic feeding behaviour was also found. Host feeding behaviour of Culicoides species may also be influenced by the relative abundance of a particular host species in the area being studied. In this sense, Savi's Pine Vole, a wild species, was found to be a locally relevant host and a putative reservoir for viruses transmitted by species of biting midges belonging to the Culicoides genus. Finally, feeding on multiple potential host species was observed. One midge acquired blood meals from human and chicken hosts, while four other midges fed on two different sheep.
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- J H Calvo
- Unidad Tecnología en Producción Animal, CITA, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Alarcón-Elbal PM, Lucientes J. Actualización del catálogo de Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) de España. GRAELLSIA 2012. [DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2012.v68.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Del Rio López R, Miranda MA, Paredes-Esquivel C, Lucientes J, Calvete C, Estrada R, Venter GJ. Recovery rates of bluetongue virus serotypes 1, 2, 4 and 8 Spanish strains from orally infected Culicoides imicola in South Africa. Med Vet Entomol 2012; 26:162-167. [PMID: 22077485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00990.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Bluetongue (BT) is an infectious disease of ruminants that has spread northwards in Europe during the last decade. The aetiological agent of the disease is an arbovirus [bluetongue virus (BTV)] that belongs to the genus Orbivirus (family Reoviridae). The virus is transmitted by certain species of biting midge within the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Information on the vector status of the Culicoides species in a specific area will be essential to predict the risk for BTV incursion. Field-collected Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer from South Africa were fed on blood containing several Spanish isolates of BTV. Despite the high virus concentrations in the bloodmeal (5.1-6.4 log(10) TCID(50) /mL of blood), virus was recovered from <1% of midges assayed after incubation. Virus concentrations >2.5 log(10) TCID(50) /midge in individual infected C. imicola suggest virus replication with possible risk for transmission to susceptible vertebrate hosts in the field for at least two of the serotypes assayed (BTV-1 and BTV-2). A third serotype (BTV-4) was very close to the estimated threshold for transmission. The relatively low to near refractory status of C. imicola compared with other vector species such as Culicoides bolitinos supports previous results, indicating that Culicoides species other than C. imicola may play a more important role in the epidemiology of BTV.
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- R Del Rio López
- Laboratory of Zoology and Emerging Diseases, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB-IUNICS), Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Venter GJ, Wright IM, Del Rio R, Lucientes J, Miranda MA. The susceptibility of Culicoides imicola and other South African livestock-associated Culicoides species to infection with bluetongue virus serotype 8. Med Vet Entomol 2011; 25:320-326. [PMID: 21133962 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00931.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In 2006, a strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV-8) of sub-Saharan origin was responsible for the first outbreaks in recorded history of clinical bluetongue disease (BT) in northern Europe. In this study, we examine the oral susceptibility of Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and other livestock-associated Culicoides species from southern Africa to infection with several strains of BTV-8. Following feeding using an artificial membrane-based method and incubation, virus was found in <1% of C. imicola individuals tested. Higher rates of susceptibility were found, however, for a variety of other South African species, including Culicoides (Avaritia) bolitinos Meiswinkel. Although these results do not preclude the role of C. imicola as a vector of BTV-8, its low susceptibility to BTV indicates that other less abundant Culicoides species may have the potential to play decisive roles in the epidemiology of this virus and should not be excluded from risk assessment studies.
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- G J Venter
- Parasites, Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (ARC-OVI), Onderstepoort, South Africa.
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Peters J, De Baets B, Van Doninck J, Calvete C, Lucientes J, De Clercq EM, Ducheyne E, Verhoest NEC. Absence reduction in entomological surveillance data to improve niche-based distribution models for Culicoides imicola. Prev Vet Med 2011; 100:15-28. [PMID: 21496932 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Revised: 03/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Data-driven models for the prediction of bluetongue vector distributions are valuable tools for the identification of areas at risk for bluetongue outbreaks. Various models have been developed during the last decade, and the majority of them use linear discriminant analysis or logistic regression to infer vector-environment relationships. This study presents a performance assessment of two established models compared to a distribution model based on a promising ensemble learning technique called Random Forests. Additionally, the impact of false absences, i.e. data records of suitable vector habitat that are, for various reasons, incorrectly labelled as absent, on the model outcome was assessed using alternative calibration-validation schemes. Three reduction methods were applied to reduce the number of false absences in the calibration data, without loss of information on the environmental gradient of suitable vector habitat: random reduction and stratified reduction based on the distance between absence and presence records in geographical (Euclidean distance) or environmental space (Mahalanobis distance). The results indicated that the predicted vector distribution by the Random Forest model was significantly more accurate than the vector distributions predicted by the two established models (McNemar test, p<0.01) when the calibration data were not reduced with respect to false absences. The performance of the established models, however, increased considerably by application of stratified false absence reductions. Model validation revealed no significant difference between the performance of the three distinct Culicoides imicola distribution models for the majority of alternative stratified reduction schemes. The main conclusion of this study is that the application of Random Forests, or linear discriminant analysis and logistic regression on the condition that calibration data were first reduced on geographical or environmental information, potentially lead toward better vector distribution models.
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- J Peters
- KERMIT, Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics and Process Control, Ghent University, Coupure Links, Gent, Belgium.
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Miranda MA, Del Rio R, Borrás D, Beldron FJ, Martínez A, Calvo AJ, Lucientes J. Protection of livestock against bluetongue virus vector Culicoides imicola using insecticide-treated netting in open areas. Med Vet Entomol 2010; 24:169-175. [PMID: 20604862 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The protection of livestock against Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) using physical barriers or chemically treated barriers is difficult owing to the small size of these biting midges and animal welfare concerns associated with the reduction of air flow. Culicoides imicola Kieffer is the main bluetongue virus vector in the Mediterranean basin, including the southern Iberian peninsula, where livestock is mainly housed in open pens or sheds which offer no physical protection against C. imicola. In this study we assessed the efficacy of surrounding yearling ewe pens with a canvas barrier or a cypermethrin-treated canvas barrier in reducing the entry of Culicoides spp. and C. imicola. Analyses were based on comparisons of Culicoides catches in traps in pens with and without barriers, and in traps located outside pens. Although there was no clear reduction in the abundance of Culicoides other than C. imicola in pens with either barrier, the C. imicola presence was markedly reduced by the insecticide-treated barrier compared with the untreated barrier; the latter did not reduce the abundance of this species in pens. Estimates of the protection conferred against C. imicola by the treated barrier differed depending on whether catch comparisons were based on outside traps or on traps located inside no-barrier pens. The results suggest that the use of insecticide-treated barriers may reduce contact between livestock and C. imicola in open areas or sheds. More research is necessary to assess the degree of protection as a function of barrier height, C. imicola abundance, and the size of the area to be protected.
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- C Calvete
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA-Gobierno de Aragón), Unidad de Sanidad y Producción Animal, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Calvo JH, Calvete C, Martinez-Royo A, Estrada R, Miranda MA, Borras D, Sarto I Monteys V, Pages N, Delgado JA, Collantes F, Lucientes J. Variations in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene indicate northward expanding populations of Culicoides imicola in Spain. Bull Entomol Res 2009; 99:583-591. [PMID: 19889254 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485309006622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Culicoides imicola is the main vector for bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) viruses in the Mediterranean basin and in southern Europe. In this study, we analysed partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene to characterize and confirm population expansion of Culicoides imicola across Spain. The data were analysed at two hierarchical levels to test the relationship between C. imicola haplotypes in Spain (n = 215 from 58 different locations) and worldwide (n = 277). We found nineteen different haplotypes within the Spanish population, including 11 new haplotypes. No matrilineal subdivision was found within the Spanish population, while western and eastern Mediterranean C. imicola populations were very structured. These findings were further supported by median networks and mismatch haplotype distributions. Median networks demonstrated that the haplotypes we observed in the western Mediterranean region were closely related with one another, creating a clear star-like phylogeny separated only by a single mutation from eastern haplotypes. The two, genetically distinct, sources of C. imicola in the Mediterranean basin, thus, were confirmed. This type of star-like population structure centred around the most frequent haplotype is best explained by rapid expansion. Furthermore, the proposed northern expansion was also supported by the statistically negative Tajima's D and Fu's Fs values, as well as predicted mismatch distributions of sudden and spatially expanding populations. Our results thus indicated that C. imicola population expansion was a rapid and recent phenomenon.
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- J H Calvo
- Unidad de Tecnología en Producción animal, CITA-ARAID, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Miranda MA, Del Rio R, Borrás D, Beldron FJ, Martínez A, Calvo AJ, Lucientes J. Entry of bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola into livestock premises in Spain. Med Vet Entomol 2009; 23:202-208. [PMID: 19531066 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00801.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Culicoides imicola Kieffer is considered to be the main vector of bluetongue disease (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS) in the Mediterranean basin. It has been assumed that this midge species is exophilic and, consequently, that stabling of livestock should provide effective protection against these diseases. This study presents the results of sampling surveys for C. imicola carried out both inside and outside stables on three farms in mainland Spain. The number of C. imicola captured varied as a function of the populations sampled and trap location (inside vs. outside). The daily mean number captured inside during the sampling of each farm population was directly correlated with the daily mean number captured outside, but daily correlation of captures was not observed. By contrast with previous studies, the mean catch of C. imicola inside was consistently higher than that outside. No clear effect of stable characteristics on the degree of entry was detected. In addition, proportions of males and age-graded female groups varied among populations and with trap location. Proportionately more males and fewer engorged females were captured outside than inside, although the proportions varied among stables. These results contrast with those of previous studies, and with the assumed pronounced exophilic behaviour of C. imicola, and raise important questions about the vector activity of this species in the study area and its implications for the epidemiology of BT and/or AHS.
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- C Calvete
- Unidad de Sanidad y Producción Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA), Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Makoschey B, Maclachlan J, v Wuijckhuise L, Kirschvink N, dal Pozzo F, Petit H, Kaandorp-Huber C, v Rijn P, Sellal E, Oura C, Boinas F, Cavirani S, de Clercq K, Lucientes J, Meijjes CP, Zientara S, Meyer G, Thiry E. Bluetongue control in Europe--new challenges and achievements. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2009; 122:314-324. [PMID: 19681404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- B Makoschey
- Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, Boxmeer, The Netherlands.
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Miranda MA, Borrás D, Calvo JH, Lucientes J. Ecological correlates of bluetongue virus in Spain: predicted spatial occurrence and its relationship with the observed abundance of the potential Culicoides spp. vector. Vet J 2008; 182:235-43. [PMID: 18667341 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2007] [Revised: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Using data from bluetongue (BT) outbreaks caused by viral serotype 4 (BTV-4) in Spain during 2004-2005, a predictive model for BTV-4 occurrence in peninsular Spain was developed. An autologistic regression model was employed to estimate the relationships between BTV-4 presence and bioclimatic-related and host-availability-related variables. In addition, the observed abundances of the main potential Culicoides vectors during 2004-2005, namely Culicoides imicola, Culicoides obsoletus group, and species of the Culicoides pulicaris group, were compared between BTV-4 presence/absence areas predicted by the model. BTV-4 occurrence was mainly explained by bioclimatic variables, although a consideration of host-availability variables led to improved fit of the model. The area of BTV-4 presence predicted by the model largely resembled the core distribution area of C. imicola, and this species was the most abundant Culicoides spp. in predicted BTV-4 presence areas. The results suggest that the spatial expansion of BTV-4 took place only as far as those areas in which C. imicola populations efficiently transmitted the virus.
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- C Calvete
- Unidad de Sanidad y Producción Animal. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología, Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Miranda MA, Borrás D, Calvo JH, Lucientes J. Modelling the distributions and spatial coincidence of bluetongue vectors Culicoides imicola and the Culicoides obsoletus group throughout the Iberian peninsula. Med Vet Entomol 2008; 22:124-134. [PMID: 18498611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00728.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Data obtained by a Spanish national surveillance programme in 2005 were used to develop climatic models for predictions of the distribution of the bluetongue virus (BTV) vectors Culicoides imicola Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and the Culicoides obsoletus group Meigen throughout the Iberian peninsula. Models were generated using logistic regression to predict the probability of species occurrence at an 8-km spatial resolution. Predictor variables included the annual mean values and seasonalities of a remotely sensed normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), a sun index, interpolated precipitation and temperature. Using an information-theoretic paradigm based on Akaike's criterion, a set of best models accounting for 95% of model selection certainty were selected and used to generate an average predictive model for each vector. The predictive performances (i.e. the discrimination capacity and calibration) of the average models were evaluated by both internal and external validation. External validation was achieved by comparing average model predictions with surveillance programme data obtained in 2004 and 2006. The discriminatory capacity of both models was found to be reasonably high. The estimated areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) were 0.78 and 0.70 for the C. imicola and C. obsoletus group models, respectively, in external validation, and 0.81 and 0.75, respectively, in internal validation. The predictions of both models were in close agreement with the observed distribution patterns of both vectors. Both models, however, showed a systematic bias in their predicted probability of occurrence: observed occurrence was systematically overestimated for C. imicola and underestimated for the C. obsoletus group. Average models were used to determine the areas of spatial coincidence of the two vectors. Although their spatial distributions were highly complementary, areas of spatial coincidence were identified, mainly in Portugal and in the southwest of peninsular Spain. In a hypothetical scenario in which both Culicoides members had similar vectorial capacity for a BTV strain, these areas should be considered of special epidemiological concern because any epizootic event could be intensified by consecutive vector activity developed for both species during the year; consequently, the probability of BTV spreading to remaining areas occupied by both vectors might also be higher.
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- C Calvete
- Unidad de Sanidad y Producción Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA), Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Roiz D, Eritja R, Molina R, Melero-Alcibar R, Lucientes J. Initial distribution assessment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Barcelona, Spain, area. J Med Entomol 2008; 45:347-352. [PMID: 18533426 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[347:idaoaa]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The invasive species Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae) has reached several European countries, including Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and recently Spain (Med. Vet. Entomol. 20: 150-152, 2006). Here, we present the initial characterization of the distribution of Ae. albopictus in the municipality of Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, where it was found for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. An ovitrap sampling campaign was developed from September to December 2004 to assess the spatial distribution and abundance of Ae. albopictus to evaluate the potential of an eradication attempt. The population of Ae. albopictus in the whole area was shown to be widespread within the municipality, and it included at least another one neighboring town, so authorities were advised to develop large-scale control measures. Some indirect evidence was collected on the introduction means and date.
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- D Roiz
- Servicio de Parasitologá, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, 28220 Spain.
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Calvete C, Calvo JH, Calavia R, Miranda MA, Borras D, Estrada R, Lucientes J, Mañuz B, Romero L. Culicoides
species and transmission of bluetongue virus in Spain. Vet Rec 2008; 162:255. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.8.255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- C. Calvete
- Dpto Sanidad Animal; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA); Gobierno de Aragón; Carretera de Montañana 930 50059 Zaragoza Spain
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- Dpto Sanidad Animal; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA); Gobierno de Aragón; Carretera de Montañana 930 50059 Zaragoza Spain
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- Dpto Sanidad Animal; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA); Gobierno de Aragón; Carretera de Montañana 930 50059 Zaragoza Spain
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- Laboratorio de Zoología; Universidad de las Islas Baleares; Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Laboratorio de Zoología; Universidad de las Islas Baleares; Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Dpto Patología Animal; Universidad de Zaragoza; Zaragoza Spain
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- Dpto Patología Animal; Universidad de Zaragoza; Zaragoza Spain
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- Subdirección General de Sanidad Animal; Ministerio de Agricultura; Pesca y Alimentación Madrid Spain
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- Subdirección General de Sanidad Animal; Ministerio de Agricultura; Pesca y Alimentación Madrid Spain
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Gracia MJ, Calvete C, Estrada R, Castillo JA, Peribáñez MA, Lucientes J. Fleas parasitizing domestic dogs in Spain. Vet Parasitol 2007; 151:312-9. [PMID: 18031934 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2007] [Revised: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In addition to their importance to veterinary clinical practice as ectoparasites, fleas of domestic dogs are of special concern because they can be vectors of disease, including zoonoses. Flea assemblages parasitizing domestic dogs usually comprise several flea species whose distribution is determined by factors acting at several scales. Knowledge of these factors will aid in assessment of the distribution patterns of flea parasitism, and is an important tool in developing control strategies and in evaluation of flea-borne disease risk in dogs and humans. In this survey we used data from 744 domestic dogs from 79 localities in Spain to explore the associations between the abundance of flea species, host-dependent factors (sex and age), and host habitat factors including abode (farm, house with garden, apartment), location (urban or rural), the presence of other pets, and dog activity (measured as the frequency with which dogs left their abode). We also considered environmental factors including the time of year and mean annual temperature and rainfall. Variations in flea community structure at infracommunity and component community levels were also explored. Four flea species were found parasitizing dogs. Ctenocephalides felis was the most abundant (88.02% of fleas identified), followed by Ctenocephalides canis (10.38%), Pulex irritans (1.47%) and Echidnophaga gallinacea (0.13%). Overall flea abundance was higher on dogs living on farms than in apartments, as was the abundance of Ct. felis, Ct. canis and P. irritans. Ct. felis was more abundant on dogs living in houses than in apartments, but the reverse was found for P. irritans. Overall flea abundance and Ct. canis abundance were highest in rural areas, whereas the presence of other pets sharing the abode was associated with higher overall flea abundance and Ct. felis abundance. Only P. irritans abundance was positively related to the activity of dogs. Ct. canis and P. irritans abundances were higher during the warm period of the year. Mean annual temperature was negatively correlated with overall, Ct. canis and P. irritans abundances, but positively related to Ct. felis abundance. Annual rainfall was negatively correlated with Ct. canis and P. irritans abundances. Variations in the number of flea species found on a dog reflected the abundance distribution patterns for each species and their associations with host habitat and environmental factors. At the component community level, flea species richness was inversely related to annual mean temperature. The structure of flea assemblages on dogs was mainly associated with host habitat and environmental variables, and not with host-dependent variables. However, a large amount of variation in flea abundance remained unexplained, suggesting the effect of other non-controlled factors.
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- M J Gracia
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, C/Miguel Servet no. 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
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Roiz D, Eritja R, Escosa R, Lucientes J, Marquès E, Melero-Alcíbar R, Ruiz S, Molina R. A survey of mosquitoes breeding in used tires in Spain for the detection of imported potential vector species. J Vector Ecol 2007; 32:10-5. [PMID: 17633420 DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[10:asombi]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The used tire trade has facilitated the introduction, spread, and establishment of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, and other mosquito species in several countries of America, Africa, Oceania, and Europe. A strategy for detecting these imported mosquito vectors was developed in Spain during 2003-2004 by EVITAR (multidisciplinary network for the study of viruses transmitted by arthropods and rodents). A survey in 45 locations found no invasive species. Eight autochthonous species of mosquitoes were detected in used tires, including Culex pipiens, Cx. hortensis, Cx. modestus, Anopheles atroparvus, An. claviger, Culiseta longiareolata, Cs. annulata, and Aedes caspius. Dominant species were Cx. pipiens and Cs. longiareolata. Aedes caspius was found in only once, near its natural breeding habitat. Considering the recent discovery of an established population of Ae. albopictus in Catalonia, the increasing commerce of used tires in Spain for recycling, storage, and recapping might greatly contribute to the rapid spread of this species across the Iberian Peninsula.
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- D Roiz
- Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Oestrus Ovis is a common sheep parasite in the Mediterranean region. This study was carried out in the Ebro River Valley near Zaragoza (northeast Spain) using tracer animals to describe the seasons when infestation is more likely. Based on that information and an analysis of the evolution of the parasite within the host, we suggest the most appropriate time for treatment. Adult instars appeared in May until November and there was a diapause beginning in October-November and as least until February, so it is suggested than sheep be treated with larvicide in December.
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- M J Gracía
- Parasitologia y Enfermedades Parasitarias, I)epartamento de Pato- logía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, C/ Miguel Servett n 177, Uni- versidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain.
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Calvete C, Miranda MA, Estrada R, Borras D, Sarto i Monteys V, Collantes F, Garcia-de-Francisco JM, Moreno N, Lucientes J. Spatial distribution of Culicoides imicola, the main vector of bluetongue virus, in Spain. Vet Rec 2006; 158:130-1. [PMID: 16443839 DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.4.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- C Calvete
- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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Lucientes J, Palmero J, Guarga JL, Gracia MJ, Peribáñez MA, Zárate J, Castillo JA. Risk of transmission of canine leishmaniosis in eastern Spain. Vet Rec 2005; 156:743-4. [PMID: 15937242 DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.23.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- J Lucientes
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, C/Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Lucientes J, Osacar JJ, Villafuerte R. Effects of vaccination against viral haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis on long-term mortality rates of European wild rabbits. Vet Rec 2004; 155:388-92. [PMID: 15499810 DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.13.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The effects of vaccination against myxomatosis and viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD) on long-term mortality rates in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were studied from 1993 to 1996 by radiotracking a free-living population of wild rabbits. During the three months after immunisation, unvaccinated young rabbits weighing between 180 and 600 g were 13.6 times more likely to die than vaccinated young rabbits. In adult rabbits, vaccination did not significantly decrease mortality, mainly owing to the high proportion of rabbits which had previously been exposed to the antigens of both diseases. Compared with adult rabbits with natural antibodies to VHD, rabbits without these antibodies were 5.2 times more likely to die of VHD during annual outbreaks.
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- C Calvete
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, c/Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
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Gómez-Ochoa P, Castillo JA, Lucientes J, Gascón M, Zarate JJ, Arbea JI, Larraga V, Rodriguez C. Modified direct agglutination test for simplified serologic diagnosis of leishmaniasis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2003; 10:967-8. [PMID: 12965935 PMCID: PMC193908 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.5.967-968.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human leishmaniasis is a severe health problem in many countries around the world. Hence, a cheap, reliable, and accurate diagnostic test is required to fight this disease. Perhaps the direct agglutination test (DAT) meets these criteria, but antigen elaboration involves many difficulties. We have developed a new antigen elaboration method, the EasyDAT method, that avoids the problems associated with the DAT. In this study, we compared the traditional DAT antigen method with our EasyDAT antigen method by using canine sera. The sensitivities (100%) and specificities (98.7%) were the same for both methods; we therefore concluded that the EasyDAT Leishmania antigen method simplifies serologic diagnosis, making this method easier and cheaper to use.
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- P Gómez-Ochoa
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Gomez-Ochoa P, Gascon FM, Lucientes J, Larraga V, Castillo JA. Lactating females Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) show protection against experimental Leishmania infantum infection. Vet Parasitol 2003; 116:61-4. [PMID: 14519328 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(03)00209-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is the best animal model for human leishmaniosis, an emergent disease that causes 400,000 new cases every year. The main objective of this assay was to prove the relationship between female lactation, which implies hyperprolactinaemia (IFN-gamma, IL-12, IL-2 and TNF-alpha elevated), and leishmaniosis (IFN-gamma, IL-12, IL-2 and TNF-alpha diminished). The results demonstrate the clear implication of lactation in immune response. The infected lactating females did not show any symptoms of sickness, a 24 g mean increase was noticed, throughout the assay they were negative in the indirect diagnosis test (Direct Agglutination Test (DAT)), and in the direct diagnosis tests (N-N-N isolation, tissue impressions).
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- P Gomez-Ochoa
- HCV, Department of Animal Pathology, Veterinary Faculty of Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177, C.P. 50013, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Between 1992 and 1996, 587 wild red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) from 16 Spanish provinces were examined to study the variations of helminth communities in this game species across a broad geographical area. The survey revealed 13 species of helminth parasites. Dicrocoelium sp.. Rhabdometra nigropunctata, and Cheilospirura gruweli were the most common species, whereas Raillietina bolivari, Choanotaenia infundibulum, Tetrameres sp., and Capillaria anatis were the most rare. Subulura suctoria, Heterakis gallinarum, Heterakis tenuicaudata, Capillaria contorta, Trichostrongylus tenuis, and Raillietina tetragona occurred with intermediate frequencies. The abundance of C. gruweli, S. suctoria, H. tenuicaudata, T. tenuis, and R. tetragona was inversely correlated to latitude and directly correlated to yearly mean temperature, whereas the abundance of Dicrocoelium sp. was directly correlated to latitude and inversely correlated to yearly mean temperature. The abundance of R. tetragona was inversely correlated to latitude and yearly mean humidity. The number of helminths per partridge and the number of helminth species per partridge were lower in young birds than in adults. Partridge body condition was inversely correlated to abundance of C. contorta. Richer infracommunities were linked to richer component communities. At the infracommunity level, total number of helminths per partridge and number of helminth species per partridge were inversely correlated to latitude and directly correlated to yearly mean temperature. At the component community level, both species richness and diversity (Simpson's index) were inversely correlated to latitude and directly correlated to mean temperature. Across the broad geographical range of the study area, the helminth parasite communities of red-legged partridges had marked geographical variation in their structure. Our results suggest that this variation is determined by the distribution of both intermediate and definitive hosts. We discuss the implications of this variation for the hypothesis that supplementary releases of captive-bred partridges for sport hunting can affect the helminth fauna of wild red-legged partridges.
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- C Calvete
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
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During the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 shooting seasons, 212 wild red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa (Galliformes: Phaisanide) were captured in 18 Spanish provinces and examined for chewing lice and ticks. Three tick species and six species of chewing lice were found. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, Hyalomma lusitanicum Koch and Ixodes frontalis Panzer were found at the lowest prevalence (1.4% overall tick prevalence). The louse (Mallophaga) species, Goniodes dispar Burmeister (Goniodidae) (52.8%) and Cuclotogaster obscurior Hopkins (Philopteridae) (28.8%) were the most prevalent, while Goniocotes obscurus Giebel (Philopteridae) (10.8%), Menopon pallens Clay (Menoponidae) (7.5%) and Menacanthus lyali Rodriguez et al. (Menoponidae) (3.3%) were found at medium to low prevalence. Columbicola columbae columbae Linnaeus (Philopteridae) was found at the lowest prevalence (0.5%). The intensity of C. obscurior and overall intensity of all lice species were directly related to the environmental mean temperature and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), whereas intensity of G. dispar was directly related to NDVI only. The intensity of G. dispar, C. obscurior, all louse intensity, and louse species richness were higher in male than female birds. Intensity of each louse species, all louse intensity and louse species richness were inversely associated with the nutritional index. No relationship was observed between bird age and louse intensity or species richness.
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- C Calvete
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Spain.
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Calvete C, Estrada R, Villafuerte R, Osácar JJ, Lucientes J. Epidemiology of viral haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis in a free-living population of wild rabbits. Vet Rec 2002; 150:776-82. [PMID: 12135072 DOI: 10.1136/vr.150.25.776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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From January 1993 to June 1996, the epidemiology of myxomatosis and viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD) was studied in a free-living population of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Spain by means of serological surveys and radiotracking. Myxomatosis was endemic and associated with the breeding period. Its serological pattern was characterised by a 100 per cent prevalence of antibodies in adult rabbits and a rapid increase in antibodies in young rabbits in their first year. No mortality from myxomatosis was detected in adults, and mortality in young rabbits could not be estimated because of interference by predators and scavengers and the deaths of many radiotagged rabbits inside their burrows. VHD was also an endemic disease associated with the breeding period. Adults had a higher prevalence of antibodies against VHD than young rabbits, reaching values of 80 to 90 per cent. During the study, there was an increase in rabbit numbers as a result of a decrease in mortality from predation which was associated with an increase in mortality due to VHD and in the prevalence of antibodies to VHD. Mortality from VHD was lower in rabbits with VHD antibodies than in seronegative rabbits, but some mortality from the disease was also detected in seropositive rabbits. The annual mean mortality rate due to VHD in adult rabbits was estimated to be 21.8 per cent.
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- C Calvete
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Cinégeticos, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Peribáñez MA, Lucientes J, Arce S, Morales M, Castillo JA, Gracia MJ. Histochemical differentiation of Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilaria repens and Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides microfilariae by staining with a commercial kit, Leucognost-SP. Vet Parasitol 2001; 102:173-5. [PMID: 11705664 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00516-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The diagnosis of canine heartworm infection is based upon the presence of circulating Dirofilaria immitis microfilariae or on techniques for the detection of serum antibodies or antigens. In the first of these, discrimination between D. immitis, D. repens and Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides microfilariae is based upon the acid phosphatase histochemical stain. In this paper, we propose an alternative technique for histochemical staining using a commercial kit test of naphthol-AS-OL (Leucognost-SP). This offers the advantages of speed and simplicity as compared to the standard Barka procedure.
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- M A Peribáñez
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de Zaragoza, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet, 177, 50013-Zaragoza, Spain.
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Osácar JJ, Lucientes J, Calvete C, Peribañez MA, Gracia MJ, Castillo JA. Seasonal abundance of fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae) on wild rabbits in a semiarid area of northeastern Spain. J Med Entomol 2001; 38:405-410. [PMID: 11372966 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This paper reports the annual dynamics of wild rabbit fleas in a study site located in the Middle Ebro Valley, northeastern Spain. Fleas collected directly from wild rabbits included the species Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale), Xenopsylla cunicularis (Smit), Echidnophaga iberica (Ribeiro, Lucientes, Osácar, and Calvete), Caenopsylla laptevi (Beaucournu, Gil-Collado and Gilot), and Pulex irritans (L.). Monthly collections of adult and larval fleas made from within the first meter of selected burrow entrances also yielded fleas belonging to the same five species. Larval specimens of X. cunicularis, E. iberica, and C. laptevi were also found. Spilopsyllus cuniculi, a winter species that can only breed during the rabbit breeding season, was common on hosts from November to April. Xenopsylla cunicularis and E. iberica were summer species, whereas C. laptevi was abundant during the autumn and winter. Xenopsylla cunicularis and E. iberica larvae were found in burrows only during April and May, whereas those of C. laptevi were collected from October to January. The data suggested that X. cunicularis and E. iberica might diapause during the egg stage whereas C. laptevi diapauses during the pupal stage.
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- J J Osácar
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
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Gracia MJ, Lucientes J, Castillo JA, Peribáñez MA, Latorre E, Zárate J, Arbea I. Pulex irritans infestation in dogs. Vet Rec 2000; 147:748-9. [PMID: 11195171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- M J Gracia
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain
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Guarga JL, Moreno J, Lucientes J, Gracia MJ, Peribáñez MA, Alvar J, Castillo JA. Canine leishmaniasis transmission: higher infectivity amongst naturally infected dogs to sand flies is associated with lower proportions of T helper cells. Res Vet Sci 2000; 69:249-53. [PMID: 11124096 DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The dog is the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, which is a parasite spread among canine hosts by the bite of sand flies. Phlebotomus perniciosus is the sand fly acting as a major vector in the Mediterranean basin. As a consequence, the dog will suffer from leishmaniasis. In this work the infective capacity of infected dogs, established by direct xenodiagnosis, has been investigated in relation to their immunological status by determining the lymphocyte percentages present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. We found a significant association between the percentages of T helper cells (CD4/TcR alpha beta(+)and CD4/CD45RA(+)) and the infection rates detected in the vector, while significant association was not detected in the case of the T cytotoxic cells (CD8/TcR alpha beta(+)and CD8/CD45RA(+)). The relationship discovered was that the lower the CD4(+)T cell count, the higher the rate of the infection in the vector.
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- J L Guarga
- Departamento Patología Animal, Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, C/Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
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Guarga JL, Lucientes J, Peribáñez MA, Molina R, Gracia MJ, Castillo JA. Experimental infection of Phlebotomus perniciosus and determination of the natural infection rates of Leishmania infantum in dogs. Acta Trop 2000; 77:203-7. [PMID: 11080511 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-706x(00)00141-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Direct xenodiagnosis has been used to determine the infection rates in sand flies of 12 dogs parasitized by Leishmania infantum and classified in function of clinical signs. The dogs were divided into three clinical groups and no statistically significant differences in the infection rates of female sand flies were observed among them. This result indicates the epidemiological importance of asymptomatic and oligosymptomatic dogs. Indirect xenodiagnosis uses sand flies fed on the blood of dogs ex vivo. This technique was not found to be useful as an alternative to the direct method for the detection of dogs parasitized by L. infantum. The clinical worsening of the disease was not reflected in the increasing number of parasites detected in the animals' blood by the indirect technique, thereby rejecting its utility as an indicator of the prognosis of the disease.
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- J L Guarga
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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Bárcena J, Morales M, Vázquez B, Boga JA, Parra F, Lucientes J, Pagès-Manté A, Sánchez-Vizcaíno JM, Blasco R, Torres JM. Horizontal transmissible protection against myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease by using a recombinant myxoma virus. J Virol 2000; 74:1114-23. [PMID: 10627521 PMCID: PMC111445 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.3.1114-1123.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/1999] [Accepted: 11/01/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have developed a new strategy for immunization of wild rabbit populations against myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease (RHD) that uses recombinant viruses based on a naturally attenuated field strain of myxoma virus (MV). The recombinant viruses expressed the RHDV major capsid protein (VP60) including a linear epitope tag from the transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) nucleoprotein. Following inoculation, the recombinant viruses induced specific antibody responses against MV, RHDV, and the TGEV tag. Immunization of wild rabbits by the subcutaneous and oral routes conferred protection against virulent RHDV and MV challenges. The recombinant viruses showed a limited horizontal transmission capacity, either by direct contact or in a flea-mediated process, promoting immunization of contact uninoculated animals.
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- J Bárcena
- Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos, 28130 Madrid, Spain
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The prevalences of helminth parasites found on red foxes collected in two different habitats of the Ebro Valley, in north-eastern Spain were compared. Twenty helminth species, including one trematode, six cestodes, 12 nematodes and one acanthocephalan were found. Metorchis albidus, Uncinaria stenocephala and Dirofilaria immitis were more prevalent in the irrigated lands close to the main rivers of the study area, whereas Trichuris vulpis and Pterygodermatites affinis showed higher prevalences in the semiarid stepparian habitat. Habitat characteristics need to be considered when surveying helminths over large geographical areas. The study shows that in the Ebro Valley the fox constitutes a reservoir host for several helminth species that are parasites of the domestic dog or the wolf, or may have importance as zoonoses.
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- C Gortázar
- SEDIFAS Wildlife Diagnostic Service, Veterinary Faculty, Zaragoza University, Spain.
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- L Luján
- Departamento de Patología Animal, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
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Calvete C, Lucientes J, Castillo JA, Estrada R, Gracia MJ, Peribáñez MA, Ferrer M. Gastrointestinal helminth parasites in stray cats from the mid-Ebro Valley, Spain. Vet Parasitol 1998; 75:235-40. [PMID: 9637225 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(97)00182-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gastrointestinal helminths were collected from 58 necropsied stray cats (Felis catus) in the mid-Ebro Valley, North-East Spain, from December 1989 to March 1992. The prevalence was 89.7%, with those of individual parasites being Toxocara cati 55.2%C, Ancylostoma tubaeforme 29.3% Joyeuxiella pasqualei 55.2%, Diplopylidium acanthotetra 20.7%, Dipylidium caninum 20.7%, Mesocestoides spp. 13.8%, Taenia taeniformis 8.6% and Diplopylidium nölleri 8.6%. In relation to sex, the differences were not significant. However, the season of the year significantly affected the prevalence of A. tubaeforme and D. acanthotetra.
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- C Calvete
- Dpto. de Patología Animal (Parasitología), Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain
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Lucientes J, Castillo JA, Ferrer LM, Peribáñez MA, Ferrer-Dufol M, Gracia-Salinas MJ. Efficacy of orally administered invermectin against larval stages of Oestrus ovis in sheep. Vet Parasitol 1998; 75:255-9. [PMID: 9637227 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(97)00168-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The efficacy of ivermectin administered orally at a dosage rate of 0.2 mg/kg liveweight against naturally acquired larval infestations of Oestrus ovis in sheep was 100% in a field trial. Ten sheep were free from infestation by first, second and third instar larvae of O. ovis 12 days post treatment, whereas 10 control sheep harboured 37.7 larvae on average, most of them first stage.
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- J Lucientes
- Dpto. Patología Animal, Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Lucientes J, Clavel A, Ferrer-Dufol M, Valles H, Peribanez MA, Gracia-Salinas MJ, Castillo JA. Short report: one case of nasal human myiasis caused by third stage instar larvae of Oestrus ovis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997; 56:608-9. [PMID: 9230788 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This is a report of a case of human nasal myiasis caused by third instar larvae of the sheep nasal bot fly, Oestrus ovis. Female flies rarely deposit first instar larvae in the eye, nostrils, and external auditory canal of humans, where they usually survive only a few days without further development. One human infestation by third instar larvae of O. ovis has been recorded in an patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United Kingdom. Our report describes a new case of nasal myiasis caused by the third instar larvae of the sheep bot fly in a patient without HIV or signs of any other disease.
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- J Lucientes
- Departamento de Patologia Animal (Parasitologia), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
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Lucientes J, Ferrer-Dufol M, Andres MJ, Peribañez MA, Gracia-Salinas MJ, Castillo JA. Canine myiasis by sheep bot fly (Diptera:Oestridae). J Med Entomol 1997; 34:242-243. [PMID: 9103770 DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We present a case of canine infestation by 3rd instars of Oestrus ovis (L.) in a 10-yr-old cross-bred dog (Collie x German Shepherd) from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. This report confirms that this fly can develop in dogs.
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- J Lucientes
- Departamento de Patología Animal (Parasitología), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
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- J J Ramos
- Departmento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Zaragoza, Spain
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