Assessment of the risk of a bluetongue outbreak in Europe caused by Culicoides midges introduced through intracontinental transport and trade networks

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-28

  Napp, S ^a   Garcia Bocanegra I ^b   Pages N ^a   Allepuz, A ^a   Alba, A ^a   Casal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; BTV 8; Culicoides; Stochastic models; Transport and trade networks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIC; FLY; STOCHASTICITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SPAIN; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SPAIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSPORTATION;

EUROPE;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84873997802     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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