Table 1.
Geographical and ecological characteristics of farms where blood-fed Culicoides were collected in Central Tunisia.
Fig 1.
Localization of farms in Central Tunisia.
Farm A is located in Khniss and reprented by a black circle with blue border. Farm B, C, D are located in Bir zira and showed by a black triangle with orange border. Farm E and F are identified by a black triangle with orange border also. Farm G is located in Jemmel and signified by a black square with a blue border. Farm H is showed by a lozenge with a yellow border. Farm N is situated in Mahdia and showed by a white circle with black border.
Table 2.
Total number of biting midges captured with light traps in Central Tunisia.
Table 3.
Origin of blood meals from blood-fed Culicoides spp.
Fig 2.
Analytical sensitivity of cyt b gene PCR amplification (359 bp) (A). Analytical sensitivity of PNOC gene PCR amplification (333 bp) (B).
Lanes 1–10, 9-fold dilutions of human genomic DNA; Lane 11, negative control. MW, Molecular Weight marker (100-bp DNA ladder)