Use of climatic data and satellite imagery to model the abundance of Culicoides imicola, the vector of African horse sickness virus, in Morocco

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-266

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

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

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

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

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

Author keywords

African horse sickness; AHS; Culicoides imicola; NDVI; Satellite image; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NDVI; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOROCCO; POPULATION DENSITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOROCCO; POPULATION DENSITY; SPACECRAFT;

MOROCCO;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032122284     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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