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16 Citations
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Perspectives on the Changing Landscape of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Control

  • Leela E. Noronha,
  • Lee W. Cohnstaedt,
  • Juergen A. Richt and
  • William C. Wilson

12 November 2021

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an insect-transmitted viral disease of wild and domestic ruminants. It was first described following a 1955 epizootic in North American white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), a species which is highly susce...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,496 Views
11 Pages

Current Knowledge on Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease in China

  • Jige Xin,
  • Jun Dong,
  • Jing Li,
  • Lingling Ye,
  • Chong Zhang,
  • Fuping Nie,
  • Yeqing Gu,
  • Xincheng Ji,
  • Zhigang Song and
  • Qianmin Luo
  • + 2 authors

20 June 2023

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an infectious, non-contagious viral disease of ruminants caused by epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and is transmitted by insects of the genus Culicoides. In 2008, EHD was listed on the World Organiz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,585 Views
11 Pages

Seroprevalence of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Guangdong Cattle Farms during 2013–2017, China

  • Min-Na Lv,
  • Jian-Bo Zhu,
  • Shen-Quan Liao,
  • Zhen-Xing Yang,
  • Xu-Hui Lin,
  • Nan-Shan Qi,
  • Qin-Ling Chen,
  • Cai-Yan Wu,
  • Juan Li and
  • Hai-Ming Cai
  • + 5 authors

28 May 2023

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an infectious viral disease caused by epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and EHDV frequently circulates in wild and domestic ruminants. Sporadic outbreaks of EHD have caused thousands of deaths and still...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,268 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of A Baculovirus-Expressed VP2 Subunit Vaccine for the Protection of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease

  • Sun Young Sunwoo,
  • Leela E. Noronha,
  • Igor Morozov,
  • Jessie D. Trujillo,
  • In Joong Kim,
  • Erin E. Schirtzinger,
  • Bonto Faburay,
  • Barbara S. Drolet,
  • Kinga Urbaniak and
  • D. Scott McVey
  • + 5 authors

31 January 2020

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is an arthropod-transmitted RNA virus and the causative agent of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in wild and domestic ruminants. In North America, white-tailed deer (WTD) experience the highest EHD-relat...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,038 Views
10 Pages

Using Zoos as Sentinels for Re-Emerging Arboviruses: Vector Surveillance during an Outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease at the Minnesota Zoo

  • Bethany L. McGregor,
  • Lindsey M. Reister-Hendricks,
  • Cale Nordmeyer,
  • Seth Stapleton,
  • Travis M. Davis and
  • Barbara S. Drolet

14 January 2023

Vector-borne disease prevalence is increasing at a time when surveillance capacity in the United States is decreasing. One way to address this surveillance deficiency is to utilize established infrastructure, such as zoological parks, to investigate...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,654 Views
14 Pages

15 April 2021

Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes internationally reportable hemorrhagic disease in cattle, sheep, and white-tailed deer. The closely related, and often co-circulating, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus causes a clinically similar devastating disease i...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,986 Views
21 Pages

Characterization of a Novel Reassortant Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 6 Strain Isolated from Diseased White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on a Florida Farm

  • Thaís C. S. Rodrigues,
  • Pedro H. O. Viadanna,
  • Kuttichantran Subramaniam,
  • Ian K. Hawkins,
  • Albert B. Jeon,
  • Julia C. Loeb,
  • Juan M. C. Krauer,
  • John A. Lednicky,
  • Samantha M. Wisely and
  • Thomas B. Waltzek

10 May 2022

We report an outbreak of a novel reassortant epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus serotype 6 (EHDV-6) in white-tailed deer (WTD) on a Florida farm in 2019. At necropsy, most animals exhibited hemorrhagic lesions in the lung and heart, and congestion i...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,261 Views
11 Pages

Circulation of Bluetongue Virus Serotypes 1, 4, 8, 10 and 16 and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in the Sultanate of Oman in 2020–2021

  • Emmanuel Bréard,
  • Lydie Postic,
  • Mathilde Gondard,
  • Cindy Bernelin-Cottet,
  • Aurélie Le Roux,
  • Mathilde Turpaud,
  • Pierrick Lucas,
  • Yannick Blanchard,
  • Damien Vitour and
  • Labib Bakkali-Kassimi
  • + 3 authors

27 May 2023

The circulation of Bluetongue (BT) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in the Middle East has already been reported following serological analyses carried out since the 1980s, mostly on wild ruminants. Thus, an EHD virus (EHDV) strain was isolate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,868 Views
16 Pages

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes disease outbreaks in livestock and humans; however, its inter-epidemic circulation is poorly understood, similar to other arboviruses affecting cattle such as bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic dise...

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13 Citations
3,666 Views
30 Pages

The Global Burden of Emerging and Re-Emerging Orbiviruses in Livestock: An Emphasis on Bluetongue Virus and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus

  • Shanta Barua,
  • Eaftekhar Ahmed Rana,
  • M. Asaduzzaman Prodhan,
  • Syeda Hasina Akter,
  • Jully Gogoi-Tiwari,
  • Subir Sarker,
  • Henry Annandale,
  • Debbie Eagles,
  • Sam Abraham and
  • Jasim M. Uddin

26 December 2024

Bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) are vector-borne orbiviruses that pose an emerging threat to livestock, including cattle and sheep. This review summarizes the global distribution, genetic diversity, and key facto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,532 Views
15 Pages

22 April 2019

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), an Orbivirus transmitted by Culicoides spp. vectors, is represented by seven serotypes and numerous strains worldwide. While studies comparing vector competence between serotypes exist, studies between vira...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,787 Views
14 Pages

16 January 2021

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) causes serious disease in wild and privately ranched white-tailed deer (Odocoileusvirginianus) in the United States. In Florida, there is high EHDV prevalence, yet no treatments. There are few management str...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,015 Views
9 Pages

Epizootic epitheliotropic disease virus (EEDV) has caused considerable mortality in hatchery-reared lake trout Salvelinus namaycush in the Great Lakes Basin, and yet the routes of transmission and efficacious means of prevention remain poorly underst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,617 Views
16 Pages

Transcriptome Response of Female Culicoides sonorensis Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to Early Infection with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV-2)

  • Dana Nayduch,
  • Vijay Shankar,
  • Mary K. Mills,
  • Tanner Robl,
  • Barbara S. Drolet,
  • Mark G. Ruder,
  • Erin D. Scully and
  • Christopher A. Saski

24 May 2019

Female Culicoides sonorensis biting midges are vectors of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), which causes morbidity and mortality in wild and domesticated ruminants. The aims in this study were to identify key changes in female midge transcr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
1,948 Views
17 Pages

Isolation of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 10 from Culicoides tainanus and Associated Infections in Livestock in Yunnan, China

  • Yuwen He,
  • Jinxin Meng,
  • Nan Li,
  • Zhao Li,
  • Dongmei Wang,
  • Meiling Kou,
  • Zhenxing Yang,
  • Yunhui Li,
  • Laxi Zhang and
  • Jinglin Wang

24 January 2024

Two strains of viruses, JC13C644 and JC13C673, were isolated from Culicoides tainanus collected in Jiangcheng County, Yunnan Province, situated along the border area shared by China, Laos, and Vietnam. JC13C644 and JC13C673 viruses can cause cytopath...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,405 Views
21 Pages

29 August 2024

Species delimitation of Culicoides complex species can be challenging. Among species within the Culicoides variipennis complex, C. sonorensis is considered the primary vector of bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHD...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,721 Views
13 Pages

Modeling Abundance of Culicoides stellifer, a Candidate Orbivirus Vector, Indicates Nonrandom Hemorrhagic Disease Risk for White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  • Emily T. N. Dinh,
  • Juan Pablo Gomez,
  • Jeremy P. Orange,
  • Max A. Morris,
  • Katherine A. Sayler,
  • Bethany L. McGregor,
  • Erik M. Blosser,
  • Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena,
  • Samantha M. Wisely and
  • Jason K. Blackburn

9 July 2021

(1) Background: Hemorrhagic diseases in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are caused by orbiviruses and have significant economic impact on the deer ranching industry in the United States. Culicoides stellifer is a suspected vector...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,642 Views
12 Pages

24 July 2021

Hemorrhagic disease (HD) caused by bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) is the most important viral disease of farmed and wild white-tailed deer (WTD; Odocoileus virginianus) and can cause substantial mortality in sus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,435 Views
13 Pages

Insights on Transmission, Spread, and Possible Endemization of Selected Arboviruses in Israel—Interim Results from Five-Year Surveillance

  • Adi Behar,
  • Orly Friedgut,
  • Ditza Rotenberg,
  • Olga Zalesky,
  • Omer Izhaki,
  • Amit Yulzary,
  • Asael Rot,
  • Ricardo Wolkomirsky,
  • Lior Zamir and
  • Faris Hmd
  • + 1 author

2 February 2022

Outbreaks of arthropod-borne (arbo) viruses that infect livestock impact the health and welfare of domestic and wild animals are often responsible for significant economic losses in livestock production. Surveillance and early warning systems effecti...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,082 Views
11 Pages

Shedding of the Salmonid Herpesvirus-3 by Infected Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

  • Mohamed Faisal,
  • Mochamad Purbayu,
  • Megan A. Shavalier,
  • Terence L. Marsh and
  • Thomas P. Loch

26 June 2019

Salmonid Herpesvirus-3, commonly known as the Epizootic Epitheliotropic Disease virus (EEDV), causes a disease of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) that has killed millions of fish over the past several decades. Currently, most aspects of EEDV diseas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,501 Views
10 Pages

Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8 in Tunisia, 2021

  • Soufien Sghaier,
  • Corinne Sailleau,
  • Maurilia Marcacci,
  • Sarah Thabet,
  • Valentina Curini,
  • Thameur Ben Hassine,
  • Liana Teodori,
  • Ottavio Portanti,
  • Salah Hammami and
  • Lucija Jurisic
  • + 12 authors

21 December 2022

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) is a Culicoides-borne viral disease caused by the epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) associated with clinical manifestations in domestic and wild ruminants, primarily white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virgini...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,989 Views
17 Pages

30 July 2024

Most mathematical models that assess the vectorial capacity of disease-transmitting insects typically focus on the influence of climatic factors to predict variations across different times and locations, or examine the impact of vector control inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,818 Views
15 Pages

EHDV-2 Infection Prevalence Varies in Culicoides sonorensis after Feeding on Infected White-Tailed Deer over the Course of Viremia

  • Sandra Y. Mendiola,
  • Mary K. Mills,
  • Elin Maki,
  • Barbara S. Drolet,
  • William C. Wilson,
  • Roy Berghaus,
  • David E. Stallknecht,
  • Jonathan Breitenbach,
  • D. Scott McVey and
  • Mark G. Ruder

23 April 2019

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses (EHDVs) are arboviral pathogens of white-tailed deer and other wild and domestic ruminants in North America. Transmitted by various species of Culicoides, EHDVs circulate wherever competent vectors and susceptibl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,215 Views
27 Pages

Nanoparticle- and Microparticle-Based Vaccines against Orbiviruses of Veterinary Importance

  • Luis Jiménez-Cabello,
  • Sergio Utrilla-Trigo,
  • Natalia Barreiro-Piñeiro,
  • Tomás Pose-Boirazian,
  • José Martínez-Costas,
  • Alejandro Marín-López and
  • Javier Ortego

14 July 2022

Bluetongue virus (BTV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) are widespread arboviruses that cause important economic losses in the livestock and equine industries, respectively. In addition to these, another arthropod-transmitted orbivirus known a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
10,495 Views
27 Pages

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus: Current Knowledge and Emerging Perspectives

  • Luis Jiménez-Cabello,
  • Sergio Utrilla-Trigo,
  • Gema Lorenzo,
  • Javier Ortego and
  • Eva Calvo-Pinilla

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) of ruminants is a viral pathology that has significant welfare, social, and economic implications. The causative agent, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), belongs to the Orbivirus genus and leads to signif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,000 Views
20 Pages

Culicoides Midge Abundance across Years: Modeling Inter-Annual Variation for an Avian Feeder and a Candidate Vector of Hemorrhagic Diseases in Farmed Wildlife

  • Jamie S. Benn,
  • Jeremy P. Orange,
  • Juan Pablo Gomez,
  • Emily T. N. Dinh,
  • Bethany L. McGregor,
  • Erik M. Blosser,
  • Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena,
  • Samantha M. Wisely and
  • Jason K. Blackburn

11 May 2024

(1) Background: Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) and bluetongue virus (BTV) are orbiviruses that cause hemorrhagic disease (HD) with significant economic and population health impacts on domestic livestock and wildlife. In the United States...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,089 Views
12 Pages

Kinetic ELISA in Microfluidic Channels

  • Naoki Yanagisawa and
  • Debashis Dutta

17 June 2011

In this article, we describe the kinetic ELISA of Blue Tongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease viral antibodies in microfluidic channels by monitoring the rate of generation of the enzyme reaction product under static conditions. It has been shown t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,215 Views
13 Pages

Epidemiological Analyses of the First Incursion of the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8 in Tunisia, 2021–2022

  • Thameur Ben Hassine,
  • José-María García-Carrasco,
  • Soufien Sghaier,
  • Sarah Thabet,
  • Alessio Lorusso,
  • Giovanni Savini and
  • Salah Hammami

27 February 2024

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is a non-contagious arthropod-transmitted viral disease and a World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH)-listed disease of domestic and wild ruminants since 2008. EHDV is transmitted among susceptible animals by a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
9,572 Views
21 Pages

Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in the United States of America at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface

  • Nelda A. Rivera,
  • Csaba Varga,
  • Mark G. Ruder,
  • Sheena J. Dorak,
  • Alfred L. Roca,
  • Jan E. Novakofski and
  • Nohra E. Mateus-Pinilla

Bluetongue (BT) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) cases have increased worldwide, causing significant economic loss to ruminant livestock production and detrimental effects to susceptible wildlife populations. In recent decades, hemorrhagic dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,378 Views
16 Pages

20 February 2024

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an infectious, non-contagious viral disease seriously affecting cattle and some wild ruminants and has a worldwide distribution. All viruses can be subdivided into “Eastern” and “Western”...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,840 Views
12 Pages

Vector Competence of Florida Culicoides insignis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype-2

  • Bethany L. McGregor,
  • Dinesh Erram,
  • Barry W. Alto,
  • John A. Lednicky,
  • Samantha M. Wisely and
  • Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena

5 March 2021

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV; family Reoviridae, genus Orbivirus) is an arthropod-borne virus of ungulates, primarily white-tailed deer in North America. Culicoides sonorensis, the only confirmed North American vector of EHDV, is rarely...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,538 Views
12 Pages

Development of a Novel Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay (LAMP) for the Rapid Detection of Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease Virus

  • Paulina Rajko-Nenow,
  • Emma L. A. Howson,
  • Duncan Clark,
  • Natasha Hilton,
  • Aruna Ambagala,
  • Nicholas Svitek,
  • John Flannery and
  • Carrie Batten

29 October 2021

Epizootic haemorragic disease (EHD) is an important disease of white-tailed deer and can cause a bluetongue-like illness in cattle. A definitive diagnosis of EHD relies on molecular assays such as real-time RT-qPCR or conventional PCR. Reverse transc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,420 Views
24 Pages

25 January 2021

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is the most transmissible of the prion diseases. In 2016, an unexpected case was found in Norway, the first in Europe. Since then, there have been 32 confirmed cases in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This paper aims to exa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,242 Views
10 Pages

Characterization of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serotype 8 in Naturally Infected Barbary Deer (Cervus elaphus barbarus) and Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia

  • Sarah Thabet,
  • Soufien Sghaier,
  • Thameur Ben Hassine,
  • Darine Slama,
  • Raja Ben Osmane,
  • Ridha Ben Omrane,
  • Wiem Mouelhi,
  • Massimo Spedicato,
  • Alessandra Leone and
  • Liana Teodori
  • + 12 authors

18 July 2023

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is a Culicoides-borne disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by EHD virus (EHDV). This virus circulates in multiple serotypes. In late September 2021, a novel strain belonging to EHDV-8 was reported in cattl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,147 Views
13 Pages

The Impact of Variation in the Toll-like Receptor 3 Gene on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Illinois Wild White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  • Jacob E. Wessels,
  • Yasuko Ishida,
  • Nelda A. Rivera,
  • Spencer L. Stirewalt,
  • William M. Brown,
  • Jan E. Novakofski,
  • Alfred L. Roca and
  • Nohra E. Mateus-Pinilla

8 February 2023

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) leads to high mortality in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and is caused by a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) plays a role in host immune detection and response to dsRNA vi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,966 Views
11 Pages

9 December 2023

Given the ongoing migratory crisis in Latin America, we aimed to assess the relationship between human mobility and the spread of yellow fever (YF) in the Darién Gap forest. We investigated how the time taken to cross the forest affects the bu...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,696 Views
7 Pages

Spatial Analysis of the 2017 Outbreak of Hemorrhagic Disease and Physiographic Region in the Eastern United States

  • Christine L. Casey,
  • Stephen L. Rathbun,
  • David E. Stallknecht and
  • Mark G. Ruder

25 March 2021

Hemorrhagic disease (HD) is considered one of the most significant infectious diseases of white-tailed deer in North America. Investigations into environmental conditions associated with outbreaks suggest drought conditions are strongly correlated wi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
14,192 Views
30 Pages

Influenza A in Bovine Species: A Narrative Literature Review

  • Chithra C. Sreenivasan,
  • Milton Thomas,
  • Radhey S. Kaushik,
  • Dan Wang and
  • Feng Li

17 June 2019

It is quite intriguing that bovines were largely unaffected by influenza A, even though most of the domesticated and wild animals/birds at the human–animal interface succumbed to infection over the past few decades. Influenza A occurs on a very...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,311 Views
20 Pages

Endemic Infection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Implications for Amphibian Conservation at Regional and Species Level

  • Héctor Zumbado-Ulate,
  • Kiersten N. Nelson,
  • Adrián García-Rodríguez,
  • Gerardo Chaves,
  • Erick Arias,
  • Federico Bolaños,
  • Steven M. Whitfield and
  • Catherine L. Searle

9 August 2019

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been associated with the severe declines and extinctions of amphibians in Costa Rica that primarily occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. However, the current impact of Bd infection on amphibian species in Costa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,536 Views
16 Pages

Plague and Trace Metals in Natural Systems

  • Michael Kosoy and
  • Dean Biggins

All pathogenic organisms are exposed to abiotic influences such as the microclimates and chemical constituents of their environments. Even those pathogens that exist primarily within their hosts or vectors can be influenced directly or indirectly. Ye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,562 Views
11 Pages

The Study of Bluetongue Virus (BTV) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) Circulation and Vectors at the Municipal Parks and Zoobotanical Foundation of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (FPMZB-BH)

  • Eduardo Alves Caixeta,
  • Mariana Andrioli Pinheiro,
  • Victoria Souza Lucchesi,
  • Anna Gabriella Guimarães Oliveira,
  • Grazielle Cossenzo Florentino Galinari,
  • Herlandes Penha Tinoco,
  • Carlyle Mendes Coelho and
  • Zélia Inês Portela Lobato

15 February 2024

Bluetongue Virus (BTV) and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV) are Orbiviruses primarily transmitted by their biological vector, Culicoides spp. Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). These viruses can infect a diverse range of vertebrate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,035 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Feeding Insoluble Fiber on the Microbiota and Metabolites of the Caecum and Feces of Rabbits Recovering from Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy Relative to Non-Infected Rabbits

  • Xiao-Haitzi Daniel Puón-Peláez,
  • Neil Ross McEwan,
  • Roberto Carlos Álvarez-Martínez,
  • Gerardo Mariscal-Landín,
  • Gerardo Manuel Nava-Morales,
  • Juan Mosqueda and
  • Andrea Margarita Olvera-Ramírez

This study aimed to investigate the effect of feeding insoluble fiber on the microbiota and metabolites of the caecum and feces of rabbits recovering from epizootic rabbit enteropathy relative to non-infected rabbits. Rabbits that had either recovere...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,449 Views
13 Pages

Epidemiologic and Epizootic Data of Tularemia in the Past and in the Recent History in Croatia

  • Mirna Mihelčić,
  • Valentina Marečić,
  • Mateja Ožanič,
  • Ina Kelava,
  • Maša Knežević and
  • Marina Šantić

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis. A large number of recent studies have provided an update on the disease characteristics and the distribution across Europe. In Croatia, most of the clinical cases, as well as the repor...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,428 Views
13 Pages

Annual Recurrences of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Epizootics in Age 0 Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847

  • Paul K. Hershberger,
  • Theodore R. Meyers,
  • Jacob L. Gregg,
  • Maya L. Groner,
  • Sophie A. Hall,
  • Hiruni T. Jayasekera,
  • Ashley H. MacKenzie,
  • Abigail S. Neat,
  • Ella N. Piatt and
  • Kyle A. Garver

18 August 2021

Throughout a 20 year biosurveillance period, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus was isolated in low titers from only 6/7355 opportunistically sampled adult Pacific herring, reflecting the typical endemic phase of the disease when the virus persists c...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,594 Views
14 Pages

Ten Years of African Swine Fever in Ukraine: An Endemic Form of the Disease in the Wild Boar Population as a Threat to Domestic Pig Production

  • Hanna Omelchenko,
  • Natalia O. Avramenko,
  • Maksym O. Petrenko,
  • Jarosław Wojciechowski,
  • Zygmunt Pejsak and
  • Grzegorz Woźniakowski

2 December 2022

(1) Background: African swine fever (ASF) has been present in Ukraine for more than ten years (2012–2022). The purpose of our study was to perform a retrospective analysis of the spread of ASF to assess the role of wild boar in the epizootic ex...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,258 Views
24 Pages

Yellow Fever in Non-Human Primates: A Veterinary Guide from a One Health Perspective

  • Remco A. Nederlof,
  • Tommaso Virgilio,
  • Hendrickus J. J. Stemkens,
  • Luiz C. C. Pereira da Silva,
  • Daniela R. Montagna,
  • Abdussamad M. Abdussamad,
  • John Chipangura and
  • Jaco Bakker

6 April 2025

Yellow fever (YF) causes severe morbidity and mortality in Africa and South America. It is an arthropod-borne viral disease endemic to tropical regions of Africa and South America. Yellow fever virus (YFV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and frequently...

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8 Citations
5,591 Views
19 Pages

15 August 2019

Starting in 2006, bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV8) was responsible for a major epizootic in Western and Northern Europe. The magnitude and spread of the disease were surprisingly high and the control of BTV improved significantly with the marketing...

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19 Pages

Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tengchong County of Yunnan, China

  • Yi-Nan Wang,
  • Ying-Liang Duan,
  • Zhan-Hong Li,
  • Jia-Ming Deng,
  • Xing-Nan Sun,
  • Xue-Ying Shen,
  • An-Xi Yang and
  • Shi-Long Li

30 July 2025

Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are small biting midges and are known as vectors for many arboviruses, including bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). Tengchong County of Yunnan Province, China, which borders My...

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1 Citations
4,114 Views
11 Pages

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Rodents during the Epizootic and Enzootic Periods of Plague, with a Focus on Exu, Northeastern Brazil

  • Diego Leandro Reis da Silva Fernandes,
  • Matheus Filgueira Bezerra,
  • Bruna Mendes Duarte,
  • Mayara Paes de França Silva,
  • Hadassa de Almeida Souza,
  • Elainne Christine de Souza Gomes and
  • Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida

The plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium is primarily a flea-transmitted zoonosis of rodents that can also be conveyed to humans and other mammals. In this work, we analyzed the spatial and temporal distribution of rodent populations during...

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21 Pages

Lessons from a Multilaboratorial Task Force for Diagnosis of a Fatal Toxoplasmosis Outbreak in Captive Primates in Brazil

  • Francine Bittencourt Schiffler,
  • Asheley Henrique Barbosa Pereira,
  • Silvia Bahadian Moreira,
  • Igor Falco Arruda,
  • Filipe Romero Rebello Moreira,
  • Mirela D’arc,
  • Ingra Morales Claro,
  • Thalita de Abreu Pissinatti,
  • Liliane Tavares de Faria Cavalcante and
  • Thamiris dos Santos Miranda
  • + 23 authors

Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and is especially fatal for neotropical primates. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health is responsible for national epizootic surveillance, but some diseases are stil...

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