The influence of the wind in the Schmallenberg virus outbreak in Europe

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sedda, Luigi ^a   Rogers, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVINE; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GOAT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; SHEEP; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WIND;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; GOATS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIVESTOCK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; SHEEP; WIND;

EID: 84889570700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03361     Document Type: Article

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