Which vector transmits African horse sickness?

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Which vector transmits African horse sickness?

Explanation:
Biting midges are the vector for African horse sickness. These tiny Culicoides insects feed on horse blood, and when a midge bites an infected horse, the virus can multiply inside the insect and then be passed to another horse on a subsequent bite. This mode of transmission by biting midges is what drives the spread of African horse sickness, unlike tsetse flies (which transmit trypanosomes), mosquitoes (which spread various other diseases), or fleas (which transmit pathogens like plague).

Biting midges are the vector for African horse sickness. These tiny Culicoides insects feed on horse blood, and when a midge bites an infected horse, the virus can multiply inside the insect and then be passed to another horse on a subsequent bite. This mode of transmission by biting midges is what drives the spread of African horse sickness, unlike tsetse flies (which transmit trypanosomes), mosquitoes (which spread various other diseases), or fleas (which transmit pathogens like plague).

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