Reaching a consensus on Culicoides taxonomic identification in India.
Lead Research Organisation:
The Pirbright Institute
Department Name: Administration Office
Abstract
India
People |
ORCID iD |
| Simon Carpenter (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Harrup LE
(2016)
DNA barcoding and surveillance sampling strategies for Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern India.
in Parasites & vectors
| Description | Expertise on identification of Culicoides biting midges in India is important in predicting the seasonality and range of bluetongue virus. Expertise in India is restricted to certain veterinary personnel and a number of zoological research centres and the community is extremely fragmented. |
| Exploitation Route | We have arranged to run a yearly update meeting via funding in India as part of their BTV network of laboratories. This will ensure integration of entomology with the primary source of virological data and build capacity in this area. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| URL | http://www.ibvnet.com |
| Description | Our meeting recruited over 50 Indian workers interested in Culicoides taxonomy. We carried out a survey within the course of the meeting to assess both barriers to further studies and also current expertise which are recorded in the documents section of the website www.ibvnet.com. 2018 meeting included workers originally identified through this project who contributed to taxonomy meeting in Bangladesh as part of Gnatwork project. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | India Strategy Meeting |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Meeting In India during 2014 with key policy makers to inform use of GIS in India to map BTV. |
| URL | http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Publications/uk-india-bluetongue-research.pdf |
| Description | GCRF Networks in Vector Ecology |
| Amount | £1,035,634 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R005362/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |