FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI High dispersal capacity of Culicoides obsoletus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), vector of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses, revealed by landscape genetic analyses BT AF Mignotte, Antoine Garros, Claire Dellicour, Simon Jacquot, Maude Gilbert, Marius Gardès, Laetitia Balenghien, Thomas Duhayon, Maxime Rakotoarivony, Ignace de Wavrechin, Maïa Huber, Karine AS 1:1,2;2:1,2;3:3,4;4:3,5;5:3;6:1,6;7:1,7,8;8:1,2;9:1,2;10:1,2;11:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:; C1 ASTRE, Univ Montpellier, Cirad, INRAE, Montpellier, France Cirad, UMR ASTRE, 34398, Montpellier, France Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP160/12, 50, av. FD Roosevelt, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium UMR EPIA, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, 63122, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France Cirad, UMR ASTRE, 97170, Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France Cirad, UMR ASTRE, 10100, Rabat, Morocco Unité Microbiologie, immunologie et maladies contagieuses, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, 10100, Rabat-Instituts, Morocco C2 UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE CIRAD, FRANCE UNIV LIBRE BRUXELLES, BELGIUM UNIV LEUVEN, BELGIUM UNIV CLERMONT AUVERGNE, FRANCE CIRAD, FRANCE CIRAD, MOROCCO IAV HASSAN II, MOROCCO IN DOAJ IF 4.052 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81428.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81429.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81430.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81431.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81432.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81433.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81434.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81435.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81440.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81441.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81442.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81443.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00678/79022/81444.xlsx LA English DT Article DE ;Culicoides obsoletus;Landscape genetics;Microsatellite;Dispersal;Palearctic region AB Background In the last two decades, recurrent epizootics of bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus have been reported in the western Palearctic region. These viruses affect domestic cattle, sheep, goats and wild ruminants and are transmitted by native hematophagous midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Culicoides dispersal is known to be stratified, i.e. due to a combination of dispersal processes occurring actively at short distances and passively or semi-actively at long distances, allowing individuals to jump hundreds of kilometers. Methods Here, we aim to identify the environmental factors that promote or limit gene flow of Culicoides obsoletus, an abundant and widespread vector species in Europe, using an innovative framework integrating spatial, population genetics and statistical approaches. A total of 348 individuals were sampled in 46 sites in France and were genotyped using 13 newly designed microsatellite markers. Results We found low genetic differentiation and a weak population structure for C. obsoletus across the country. Using three complementary inter-individual genetic distances, we did not detect any significant isolation by distance, but did detect significant anisotropic isolation by distance on a north-south axis. We employed a multiple regression on distance matrices approach to investigate the correlation between genetic and environmental distances. Among all the environmental factors that were tested, only cattle density seems to have an impact on C. obsoletus gene flow. Conclusions The high dispersal capacity of C. obsoletus over land found in the present study calls for a re-evaluation of the impact of Culicoides on virus dispersal, and highlights the urgent need to better integrate molecular, spatial and statistical information to guide vector-borne disease control. PY 2021 PD FEB SO Parasites & Vectors SN 1756-3305 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 14 IS 1 UT 000616753900001 DI 10.1186/s13071-020-04522-3 ID 79022 ER EF