| oral administration of transgenic barley expressing a culicoides allergen induces specific antibody response. | insect bite hypersensitivity is an immunoglobulin (ig)e-mediated dermatitis of horses initiated by bites of midges of the genus culicoides. culicoides spp. are not indigenous to iceland and the prevalence of insect bite hypersensitivity is much higher in horses born in iceland and exported as compared to icelandic horses born in a culicoides rich environment. immunotherapy is therefore needed. | 2016 | 27859584 |
| a preventive immunization approach against insect bite hypersensitivity: intralymphatic injection with recombinant allergens in alum or alum and monophosphoryl lipid a. | insect bite hypersensitivity (ibh) is an ige-mediated dermatitis of horses caused by bites of culicoides insects, not indigenous to iceland. horses born in iceland and exported to culicoides-rich areas are frequently affected with ibh. the aims of the study were to compare immunization with recombinant allergens using the adjuvant aluminum hydroxide (alum) alone or combined with monophosphoryl lipid a (mpla) for development of a preventive immunization against ibh. twelve healthy icelandic horse ... | 2016 | 27032498 |
| identification of cattle-derived volatiles that modulate the behavioral response of the biting midge culicoides nubeculosus. | identification of host-derived volatiles is an important step towards the development of novel surveillance and control tools for culicoides biting midges. in this study, we identified compounds from headspace collections of cattle hair and urine that modulate the behavioral response of culicoides nubeculosus, a research model species with a similar host-range as the vectors of bluetongue disease and schmallenberg disease in europe. combined gas chromatography and electroantennographic detection ... | 2016 | 26687092 |
| taxonomic assessment of culicoides brunnicans, c. santonicus and c. vexans (diptera: ceratopogonidae) in france: implications in systematics. | culicoides brunnicans edwards, 1939, culicoides santonicus, callot et al., 1966, and culicoides vexans (staeger, 1839) belong to the vexans group of the subgenus oecacta. these species had never been studied by molecular methods and their distribution in western europe overlapped. c. brunnicans and c. santonicus are two closely related species and their diagnoses are based on the wing pattern only. an integrative taxonomic approach was conducted on females of the vexans group, culicoides furens ... | 2015 | 26005070 |
| developing a preventive immunization approach against insect bite hypersensitivity using recombinant allergens: a pilot study. | insect bite hypersensitivity (ibh) is an allergic dermatitis of horses caused by bites of midges (culicoides spp.). ige-mediated reactions are often involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. ibh does not occur in iceland due to the absence of culicoides, but it occurs with a high frequency in icelandic horses exported to mainland europe, where culicoides are present. we hypothesize that immunization with the culicoides allergens before export could reduce the incidence of ibh in exported ice ... | 2015 | 26004943 |
| sugar-feeding behaviour and longevity of european culicoides biting midges. | most haematophagous insect vectors can also use sugar as an energy source; thus their sugar-feeding behaviour influences their longevity and blood-feeding rate and hence their vectorial capacity. scant information is available on the sugar-feeding behaviour of culicoides latreille biting midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae), which are vectors of bluetongue and schmallenberg viruses. the longevity of laboratory-reared culicoides nubeculosus (meigen) under fluctuating temperatures (16 and 28 °c) and ... | 2015 | 25155520 |
| evaluation of ige levels against culicoides nubeculosus allergens in belgian warmblood horses. | | 2012 | 22558784 |