Using climate data to map the potential distribution of Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 731-740

  Wittmann, E J ^a   Mellor, P S ^a   Baylis, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Arbovirus; Bluetongue; Climate change; Culicoides imicola; Global warming; Mapping; Model; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVIDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; EQUIDAE; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; RUMINANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0040927707     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.20.3.1306     Document Type: Article

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