Culicoides biting midges, arboviruses and public health in Europe

Antiviral Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-113

  Carpenter, Simon ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^b   Garros, Claire ^c   Felippe Bauer, Maria Luiza ^d   Purse, Bethan V ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UMR ASTRE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides midges; Oropouche virus; Schmallenberg virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BRAZIL; BUNYAVIRUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CULICOIDES; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NAIRO VIRUS; NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OROPOUCHE BUNYAVIRUS; OROPOUCHE VIRUS INFECTION; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES MIDGES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CULICOIDES MIDGES; OROPOUCHE VIRUS; SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84888172258     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.07.020     Document Type: Review

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