Mellor P S, Boned J, Hamblin C, Graham S
Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey.
Epidemiol Infect. 1990 Oct;105(2):447-54. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800048020.
This paper describes the first isolations of African horse sickness virus (AHSV) from insects in Spain. Seven isolations of AHSV serotype 4 were made; four from Culicoides imicola a known vector of the virus elsewhere, two from mixed pools of Culicoides species not including C. imicola and one from blood engorged mosquitoes. Three further isolations of AHSV serotype 4 were also made from horses kept adjacent to the insect collecting sites. This work presents the first definitive identification of the vectors of AHSV in Spain during the 1987, 88 and 89 epizootics. Suggestions are also made concerning the significance of these findings with regard to the epidemiology of African horse sickness in Spain.
本文描述了在西班牙首次从昆虫中分离出非洲马瘟病毒（AHSV）的情况。共进行了7次AHSV血清4型的分离；4次分离自已知在其他地区为该病毒传播媒介的库蠓，2次分离自不包括库蠓在内的混合库蠓样本，1次分离自饱血蚊子。另外，还从与昆虫采集地点相邻的马匹中进行了3次AHSV血清4型的分离。这项工作首次明确鉴定出了1987年、1988年和1989年动物流行病期间西班牙AHSV的传播媒介。文中还就这些发现对西班牙非洲马瘟流行病学的意义提出了建议。
