Seasonal dynamics of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides), the potential vectors of bluetongue virus, in Sweden

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-67

  Ander, M ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^b   Chirico, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Loc Santa Maria del Monte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Culicoides; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute trap; Seasonal abundance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES ALAZANICUS; CULICOIDES ALBICANS; CULICOIDES ASCHRAYI; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES CLASTRIERI; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES DUDDINGSTONI; CULICOIDES FASCIPENNIS; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES KIBUNENSIS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATIS; CULICOIDES RECONDITUS; CULICOIDES RIETHI; CULICOIDES SALINARIUS; CULICOIDES SCOTIUS; CULICOIDES SEGNIS; CULICOIDES SPHAGNUMENSIS; CULICOIDES STIGMA; CULICOIDES TRUNCURUM; EPIDEMIC; FLY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES GRISESCENS; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 84855334333     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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