Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and human health.

The relationship of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) to human health is reviewed and discussed. The treatment is broad and contains historical, distributional, and clinical information concerning the diseases in question, a comprehensive discussion of the vectors, including non-ceratopogonids, and epidemiological data. The emphasis is on recent work, with special attention to current knowledge of the transmission of the filarial parasite Mansonella ozzardi and Oropouche virus.