A wind density model to quantify the airborne spread of Culicoides species during north-western Europe bluetongue epidemic, 2006

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 162-181

  Hendrickx, Guy ^a   Gilbert, Marius ^b   Staubach, Christoph ^c   Elbers, Armin ^d   Mintiens, Koen ^e   Gerbier, Guillaume ^f   Ducheyne, Els ^a  

^a AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Culicoides; Europe; Long distance spread; Wind density model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; WIND;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SHEEP; WIND;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49749105586     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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