Using Synoptic Systems’ Typical Wind Trajectories for the Analysis of Potential Atmospheric Long-Distance Dispersal of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 398-410

  Klausner, Z ^a,b   Fattal, E ^b   Klement, E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

arboviruses; dairy cattle; long distance dispersal; risk analysis; vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; INSECT VECTOR; ISRAEL; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WIND;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EGYPT; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE; LUMPY SKIN DISEASE VIRUS; WIND;

EID: 84930080743     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12378     Document Type: Article

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