Spatial distribution of Culicoides species in Portugal in relation to the transmission of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-177

  Capela, R ^b   Purse, Bethan V ^a   Pena, I ^b   Wittman, E J ^a   Margarita, Y ^b   Capela, M ^b   Romao L ^b   Mellor, P S ^a   Baylis, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Bluetongue; Culicoides imicola; Culicoides obsoletus; Culicoides pulicaris; Distribution; Portugal; Transmission; Vectors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SHEEP;

PORTUGAL;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038687997     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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