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Predicting the spatio-temporal distribution of Culicoides imicola in Sardinia using a discrete-time population model.

par Rigot, Thibaud ;Conte, Annamaria;Goffredo, Maria;Ducheyne, Els;Hendrickx, Guy;Gilbert, Marius
Référence Parasites & Vectors, 5, page (270)
Publication Publié, 2012

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Culicoides imicola KIEFFER, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is the principal vector of Bluetongue disease in the Mediterranean basin, Africa and Asia. Previous studies have identified a range of eco-climatic variables associated with the distribution of C. imicola, and these relationships have been used to predict the large-scale distribution of the vector. However, these studies are not temporally-explicit and can not be used to predict the seasonality in C. imicola abundances. Between 2001 and 2006, longitudinal entomological surveillance was carried out throughout Italy, and provided a comprehensive spatio-temporal dataset of C. imicola catches in Onderstepoort-type black-light traps, in particular in Sardinia where the species is considered endemic.