Spatial distribution of bluetongue virus and its Culicoides vectors in Sicily

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-89

  Torina, A ^a   Caracappa, S ^a   Mellor, P S ^b   Baylis, M ^b   Purse, B V ^b  

^a Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim D ^*  (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Culicoides imicola; Culicoides obsoletus; Culicoides pulicaris; Distribution; Sicily; Transmission; Vectors

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; LIVESTOCK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECT VECTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SICILY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DIPTERA; ORBIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2942527248     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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