Spatial and temporal evolution of bluetongue virus in wild ruminants, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-953

  Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^a,b   Reyes García, Álvaro R ^a   Alcaide, Vicente ^c   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal El Chaparrillo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 45249098511     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.071586     Document Type: Article

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