Eight years of entomological surveillance in Italy show no evidence of Culicoides imicola geographical range expansion

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1332-1339

  Conte, A ^a   Gilbert, M ^b,c   Goffredo, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; C. imicola; Culicoides; Range expansion; Spatial epidemiology; Surveillance; Vectors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIRUS;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA;

EID: 72849129511     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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