Bionomics of temperate and tropical Culicoides midges: Knowledge gaps and consequences for transmission of Culicoides-borne viruses

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 373-392

  Purse, B V ^a   Carpenter, S ^b   Venter, G J ^c   Bellis, G ^d   Mullens, B A ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease emergence; Environmental change; Genomics; Mathematical models; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 84920774719     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020614     Document Type: Review

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