Spatial and seasonal distribution of Culicoides imicola in Iberia in relation to the transmission of African horse sickness virus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Rawlings, Peter ^a,e   Pro, Maria José ^b   Pena, Isabel ^c   Ortega, Maria Dolores ^d   Capela, Ruben ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Min de Agric Pesca y Aliment   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^d Lab de Sanid y Prod Animal   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Culicoides imicola; distribution; Portugal; seasonality; Spain; transmission; vectors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; EQUUS CABALLUS; DIPTERA;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; BITING MIDGE; MIDGE; VIRUS;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0030613160     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00289.x     Document Type: Article

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