The Culicoides vectors of African horse sickness virus in Morocco: Distribution and epidemiological implications

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1998, Pages 113-125

  Bouayoune, H ^a   Touti, J ^b   El Hasnaoui, H ^c   Baylis, M ^d   Mellor, P S ^d  

^a Rech Vétérinaires   (Morocco)

^b Lab Reg d'Analyses Rech V   (Morocco)

^c Lab Reg d'Analyses Rech V   (Morocco)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MOROCCO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; MOROCCO; SEASONS;

EID: 0031603986     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_12     Document Type: Article

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