Range expansion of the Bluetongue vector, #Culicoides imicola#, in continental France likely due to rare wind-transport events

Jacquet S., Huber K., Pagès N., Talavera S., Burgin L.E., Carpenter S., Sanders C., Dicko A.H., Djerbal M., Goffredo M., Lhor Y., Lucientes J., Miranda-Chueca M.A., Pereira da Fonseca I., Ramilo D., Setier-Rio M.L., Bouyer J., Chevillon C., Balenghien T., Guis H., Garros C.
2016

The role of the northward expansion of Culicoides imicola Kieffer in recent and unprecedented outbreaks of Culicoides-borne arboviruses in southern Europe has been a significant point of contention. We combined entomological surveys, movement simulations of air-borne particles, and population genetics to reconstruct the chain of events that led to a newly colonized French area nestled at the ...

Organismes nuisibles des animaux; Maladies des animaux