Bluetongue virus serotype 1 outbreak in the Basque Country (Northern Spain) 2007-2008. data support a primary vector windborne transport

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  García Lastra, Rodrigo ^a   Leginagoikoa, Iratxe ^a   Plazaola, Jose M ^b   Ocabo, Blanca ^c   Aduriz, Gorka ^a   Nunes, Telmo ^d   Juste, Ramón A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Desarrollo Rural   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Desarrollo Rural   (Spain)

^d FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS 1; CULICOIDES; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBIVIRUS; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; VIRUS CARRIER; WIND; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; HUMULUS; ROSA;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INSECT VECTORS; SPAIN; WIND;

EID: 84859152317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034421     Document Type: Review

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