Monitoring bluetongue disease (BTV-1) epidemic in southern Spain during 2007

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 263-271

  Allepuz, A ^a,b   Garcia Bocanegra I ^c   Napp, S ^a   Casal, J ^a,b   Arenas, A ^c   Saez, M ^d,f   Gonzalez M A ^e  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Descriptive epidemiology; Disease mapping; Serotype 1; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956009604     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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