Prediction of bluetongue vector distribution in Europe and north Africa using satellite imagery

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-29

  Tatem, A J ^a   Baylis, M ^b   Mellor, P S ^b   Purse, B V ^b   Capela, R ^c   Pena, I ^c   Rogers, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Discriminant analysis; Disease modelling; Environmental remote sensing; Fourier processing; Prediction maps

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; ITALY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345017194     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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