Seasonal succession of tabanid species in equine infectious anaemia endemic areas of Italy
| Autor: | Marcello Sala, C. De Liberato, Adele Magliano, M. Di Domenico, F. Baldacchino, Gian Luca Autorino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Entomology 030231 tropical medicine Population Dynamics Zoology Ecological succession Haematopota 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Abundance (ecology) Prevalence Animals Horses Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics General Veterinary Tabanus biology Diptera Outbreak 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Insect Vectors Equine Infectious Anemia Italy Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology Species richness Seasons |
| Zdroj: | Medical and veterinary entomology. 33(3) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2915 |
| Popis: | Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) is a disease with an almost worldwide distribution, with several outbreaks having been reported recently in European countries. In Italy, two regions, Lazio and Abruzzo, are considered as endemic areas for this disease. In nature, the EIA virus is mechanically transmitted by biting flies such as tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae), although few studies have investigated the epidemiological implications. In the present study, several sites characterized by different levels of EIA prevalence were sampled. In sites with high tabanid populations, a seasonal succession of tabanid species with a dual-peak corresponding to early active species (i.e. in June to July) and late active species (i.e. in August to September) was clearly observed. Moreover, a positive correlation was found between EIA prevalence and tabanid abundance and species richness, suggesting that tabanid diversity might extend the duration of the seasonal transmission period of EIA. Further observations are required to better assess how vector diversity influence EIA transmission. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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