Invasion of bluetongue and other orbivirus infections into Europe: The role of biological and climatic processes

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-442

  Purse, B V ^a,b   Brown, H E ^b   Harrup, L ^b,c   Mertens, P P C ^c   Rogers, D J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Climate change; Culicoides; Environmental envelope; Europe; Invasion; Virus vector interactions

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ORBIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 53349101230     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.27.2.1801     Document Type: Article

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