Impact of human interventions on the spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 during the 2006 epidemic in north-western Europe

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 145-161

  Mintiens, K ^a   Meroc E ^a   Faes, C ^b   Abrahantes, J Cortiñas ^b   Hendrickx, G ^c   Staubach, C ^d   Gerbier, G ^e   Elbers, A R W ^f   Aerts, M ^b   De Clercq, K ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Disease outbreaks; Epidemics; Prevention and Control; Transmission; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOVIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 49749096451     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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