First record of Culicoides imicola, the main vector of bluetongue virus in Europe, in the Basque Country (northern Spain)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 162, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 820-821

  Goldarazena, A ^a   Romon P ^a   Aduriz, G ^a   Balenghien, T ^b   Baldet, T ^b   Delecolle J C ^c  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UMR ASTRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA;

EID: 47049087312     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.162.25.820     Document Type: Article

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