Modelling the effects of past and future climate on the risk of bluetongue emergence in Europe

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 67, 2012, Pages 339-350

  Guis, Helene ^a,b,c   Caminade, Cyril ^a   Calvete, Carlos ^d   Morse, Andrew P ^a   Tran, Annelise ^b,e   Baylis, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UMR ASTRE   (France)

^d Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^e UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive ratio; Bluetongue; Climate change; Culicoides; Emergence; Vector borne disease transmission

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAMMALS;

BASIC REPRODUCTIVE RATIO; BLUETONGUE; CULICOIDES; EMERGENCE; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; INFECTION RISK; SIMULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84856574562     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0255     Document Type: Article

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