The role of wildlife in bluetongue virus maintenance in Europe: Lessons learned after the natural infection in Spain

Virus Research

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-58

  Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^a   Sánchez Matamoros, Almudena ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^a   Sánchez Vizcaíno, José Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Epidemiology; Europe; Reservoir; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; BOVIDS; CULICOIDES; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; LIVESTOCK; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERVIDAE; CERVINAE; ORBIVIRUS; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; UNGULATA;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; RESERVOIR; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84896317537     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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