Dr. Doru Valentin Hristescu

Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health

Department of Virology

NRL for Arboviruses

Bucharest

Romania

Topics of interest: Arboviruses

BAVBD contribution:

I am the coordinator of NRL for arboviruses at the Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, which is a public funded institution under the central veterinary authority (NSVFSA). We coordinate the diagnostic activities of local state sanitary veterinary laboratories in relation with diseases such as bluetongue, West Nile, African Horse Sickness.

Relevant publications:

Hristescu D., Bărbuceanu F., Dascălu L., Nițescu C., Goffredo M., Santilli A., Quaglia M., Balenghien T., Predoi G., 2020. Species composition and relative abundance of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Romania. Parasites & Vectors, 13:393.

Hristescu D., Bărbuceanu F., Dascălu L., Nițescu C., Predoi G., 2020. Seasonal abundance of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and the strategy for the determination of the vector-free period for bluetongue in Romania. Revista Română de Medicină Veterinară, 30(4): 31-36.

Balenghien T., Alexander N., Arnporsdottir A.L., Bisia M., Blackwell A., Bodker R., Bourquia M., Boutsini S., Carpenter S., Colenutt C., Culverwell L., Cvetkovikj A., Dascălu L., De Regge N., Dhollander S., Elbers A., England M., Filatov S., Garros C., Goffredo M., Haddad N., Hoye T.T., Hristescu D., Khallaayoune K., Kocisova A., Larska M., Lucientes J., Mathieu B., Miranda M.A., Murchie A., Nițescu C., Zanda O., Da Fonseca I.P., Petric D., Pudar D., Ramilo D., Richardson J., Seglina Z., Sghaier S., Stefanovska J., Stougiou D., Sviland S., Tchakarova S., Van Bortel W., Castello M.V., Veronesi E., Versteirt V., Wint W.G.R., 2020. VectorNet Data Series 3: Culicoides Abundance Distribution Models for Europe and Surrounding Regions. Open Health Data, 7:2.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ohd.33.