Management of North American Culicoides Biting Midges: Current Knowledge and Research Needs

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 374-384

  Pfannenstiel, Robert S ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^b   Ruder, Mark G ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^c   Cohnstaedt, Lee W ^a   Nayduch, Dana ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; BTV; EHDV; Epizootic hemorrhagic disease; Insecticides; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONTROL STRATEGY; CULICOIDES; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INSECT CONTROL; ORBIVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUMINANT; SHEEP; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; DIPTERA; EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, EPIZOOTIC; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH AMERICA; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUMINANTS; SHEEP;

EID: 84931838671     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1705     Document Type: Article

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