Expansion of Culicoides imicola, the main bluetongue virus vector in Europe, into Catalonia, Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 415-417

  Sarto i Monteys, V ^a,d   Ventura, D ^a,d   Pages N ^a,d   Aranda, C ^b   Escosa, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Servei de Control de Mosquits   (Spain)

^c CODE ^*  (Spain)

^d GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; EPIDEMIC; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION;

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

EID: 17144417414     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.13.415     Document Type: Article

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