Characterizing the species composition of European Culicoides vectors by means of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Brugger, Katharina ^a   Rubel, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; C. imicola; C. pulicaris; Climate; Culicoides obsoletus complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DISEASE CARRIER; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUMMER;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; DIPTERA;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; EUROPE; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887905348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-333     Document Type: Article

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