Orbivirus
A genus of REOVIRIDAE infecting a wide range of arthropods and vertebrates including humans. It comprises at least 21 serological subgroups. Transmission is by vectors such as midges, mosquitoes, sandflies, and ticks.
Bluetongue virus
Bluetongue
Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic
African Horse Sickness
Ceratopogonidae
African horse sickness virus
Reoviridae
Culex
A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals.