Quantitative assessment of the probability of bluetongue virus overwintering by horizontal transmission: Application to Germany

Veterinary Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Napp, Sebastian ^a   Gubbins, Simon ^b   Calistri, Paolo ^c   Allepuz, Alberto ^a,d   Alba, Anna ^a   García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^e   Giovannini, Armando ^c   Casal, Jordi ^a,d  

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

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SHEEP; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GERMANY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SHEEP; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 80051955692     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-42-4     Document Type: Article

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