Potential new Culicoides vector of bluetongue virus in northern Europe

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 564-565

  Meiswinkel, R ^a,b   Van Run, P ^b   Leijs, P ^c   Goffredo, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS;

EID: 36048949934     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.161.16.564     Document Type: Article

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