Blood-feeding, susceptibility to infection with Schmallenberg virus and phylogenetics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Kingdom

Barber, James; Harrup, Lara E; Silk, Rhiannon; Veronesi, Eva; Gubbins, Simon; Bachanek-Bankowska, Katarzyna; Carpenter, Simon

doi:10.1186/s13071-018-2650-x

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Barber, J., Harrup, L. E., Silk, R., Veronesi, E., Gubbins, S., Bachanek-Bankowska, K., & Carpenter, S. (2018). Blood-feeding, susceptibility to infection with Schmallenberg virus and phylogenetics of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the United Kingdom. Parasites & Vectors, 11, 116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2650-x

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are responsible for the biological transmission of internationally important arboviruses of livestock. In 2011, a novel Orthobunyavirus was discovered in northern Europe causing congenital malformations and abortions in ruminants. From field studies, Culicoides were implicated in the transmission of this virus which was subsequently named Schmallenberg virus (SBV), but to date no assessment of susceptibility to infection of field populations under standardised laboratory