Potential strategies for control of bluetongue, a globally emerging, Culicoides-transmitted viral disease of ruminant livestock and wildlife

摘要: Abstract Bluetongue (BT) is a non-zoonotic arboviral disease of certain wild and domestic species cloven-hoofed ungulates. The causative agent, bluetongue virus (BTV), spread through temperate tropical regions the world by biting Culicoides midges. Control BTV infection complicated plurality serotypes ubiquity opportunistic feeding behavior its midge vector. global distribution has recently altered, perhaps driven in part climatic influences on resident different regions. goal this review to evaluate realistic strategies that might be utilized control or prevent future outbreaks BT other Culicoides-transmitted diseases. Importantly, optimal emerging, rapidly evolving arbovirus diseases such as will require integrated countermeasures mitigate all aspects virus’s transmission cycle. This best accomplished using preventative, rather than purely reactive strategies.