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Labuschagne, Karien; Meiswinkel, R.; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Junker, K. (Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2015)The genus Culicoides Latreille is represented by 160 described species in the Afrotropical Region; of these, approximately 10 % are plain-wing species, the wing lacking a distinctive pattern of pale and dark spots. This ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-08-08)The use of insect repellents to reduce the attack rate of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) should form part of an integrated control programme to combat African horse sickness and other diseases transmitted ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Majatladi, Daphney M.; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl (Elsevier, 2012-11-23)Despite some limitations suction lighttraps are the primary tools used for the collection of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). The range of attraction of the Onderstepoortlighttrap is not known but an insight ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Majatladi, Daphney M.; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Lourens, Carina W.; Ebersohn, Karen; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-14)In South Africa, outbreaks of African horse sickness (AHS) occur in summer; no cases are reported in winter, from July to September. The AHS virus (AHSV) is transmitted almost exclusively by Culicoides midges (Diptera: ...
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Bakhoum, Mame Thierno; Sarr, Mamadou; Fall, Assane Gueye; Huber, Karine; Fall, Moussa; Sembene, Mbacke; Seck, Momar Talla; Labuschagne, Karien; Gardes, Laetitia; Ciss, Mamadou; Gimonneau, Geoffrey; Bouyer, Jeremy; Baldet, Thierry; Garros, Claire (BioMed Central, 2018-12-03)BACKGROUND : Biting midge species of the genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) comprise more than 1300 species distributed worldwide. Several species of Culicoides are vectors of various viruses that can ...
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Harrup, Lara E.; Laban, Swathi; Purse, Bethan V.; Reddy, Yarabolu Krishnamohan; Reddy, Yella Narasimha; Byregowda, Sonnahallipura Munivenkatappa; Kumar, Naveen; Purushotham, Kondappa Muniramaiah; Kowalli, Shrikant; Prasad, Minakshi; Prasad, Gaya; Bettis, Alison A.; De Keyser, Rien; Logan, James; Garros, Claire; Gopurenko, David; Bellis, Glenn; Labuschagne, Karien; Mathieu, Bruno; Carpenter, Simon (BioMed Central, 2016-08-22)BACKGROUND : Culicoides spp. biting midges transmit bluetongue virus (BTV), the aetiological agent of bluetongue (BT), an economically important disease of ruminants. In southern India, hyperendemic outbreaks of BT exert ...
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Page, Patrick Collin; Labuschagne, Karien; Nurton, Jane P.; Venter, Gert Johannes; Guthrie, Alan John (Elsevier, 2009-07)The repellent efficacy of 15% N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET), 0.6% citronella oil, and 0.3% α-cyano-cypermethrin against Culicoides species was compared in three 5 × 5 Latin squares (15 replicates) under South African ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-11-07)Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), are involved in the transmission of various pathogens that cause important diseases of livestock worldwide. The use of insect repellents to reduce the attack rate of these ...
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Page, Patrick Collin; Labuschagne, Karien; Venter, Gert Johannes; Schoeman, Johan P.; Guthrie, Alan John (Elsevier, 2015-05)The efficacy of alphacypermethrin-treated high density polyethylene (HDPE) mesh appliedto jet stalls against Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) was determined bymechanical aspiration of midges from horses ...
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Page, Patrick Collin; Labuschagne, Karien; Venter, Gert Johannes; Schoeman, Johan P.; Guthrie, Alan John (Elsevier, 2014-06)The efficacy of untreated and alphacypermethrin-treated high density polyethylene (HDPE) mesh against Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) was determined using Onderstepoort downdraught black light traps ...
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Bakhoum, Mame T.; Fall, Moussa; Fall, Assane G.; Bellis, Glenn A.; Gottlieb, Yuval; Labuschagne, Karien; Venter, Gert Johannes; Diop, Mariame; Mall, Iba; Seck, Momar T.; Allene, Xavier; Diarra, Maryam; Gardes, Laetitia; Bouyer, Jeremy; Delecolle, Jean-Claude; Balenghien, Thomas; Garros, Claire (Public Library of Science, 2013-12-30)The Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is distributed throughout Africa to northern Asia and Australasia and includes several potential vector species of livestock pathogens. The taxonomy ...
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The occurrence of Culicoides species, the vectors of arboviruses, at selected trap sites in Zimbabwe Gordon, Stuart J.G.; Bolwell, Charlotte; Rogers, Chris; Musuka, Godfrey; Kelly, Patrick; Labuschagne, Karien; Guthrie, Alan John; Denison, Eric; Mellor, Philip S.; Hamblin, Christopher (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-05-29)A study of the distribution of Culicoides species was conducted by establishing 12 light trap sites over five rainy seasons between 1998 and 2003 covering all the geo-climatic natural regions of Zimbabwe. In total, 279 ...
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Bakhoum, M.T.; Labuschagne, Karien; Huber, K.; Fall, M.; Mathieu, B.; Venter, Gert Johannes; Gardes, L.; BAlget, T.; Bouyer, J.; Fall, A.G.; Gimonneau, G.; Garros, C. (Wiley, 2018-04)Phylogenetic relationships of Culicoides species of the Afrotropical region are problematic as different authors disagree on the placement of species into specific subgenera or groups. In this study we sequenced two ...
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Steyn, Jumari; Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Majatladi, Daphney; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Lourens, Carina W.; Ebersohn, Karen; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-10-31)Several studies have demonstrated the ability of certain viruses to overwinter in arthropod vectors. The over-wintering mechanism of bluetongue virus (BTV) is unknown. One hypothesis is over-wintering within adult ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl; Snyman, M.G. (Elsevier, 2011-09)The efficacy of a 15% (w/w) mixture of octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic acids in light mineral oil to repel Culicoides biting midges (Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) was determined in three replicates of a 4 × 4 Latin square ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Labuschagne, Karien; Boikanyo, Solomon N.B.; Morey, Liesl (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-11-05)The relatively large number of Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) that can be collected with a light trap makes it the most widely used tool for this purpose. However, the majority of these traps were originally ...
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