Simulation Studies of African Horse Sickness and Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 328-338

  Lord, C C ^a   Woolhouse, M E J ^a   Rawlings, P ^a,b   Mellor, P S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Culicoides imicola; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; SPAIN; TIME;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030136705     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.328     Document Type: Article

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