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Potential new Culicoides vector of bluetongue virus in northern Europe
Author(s) -
Meiswinkel R.,
Rijn P.,
Leijs P.,
Goffredo M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.161.16.564
Subject(s) - culicoides , biology , animal health , disease control , veterinary medicine , virology , zoology , medicine
have swept across the Mediterranean Basin and affected 15 countries, many of which had never experienced the disease previously (Purse and others 2005). In August 2006, following an unprec-edented warm summer, bluetongue took a significant ‘leap’ northwards, appearing unexpectedly in northern Europe and affecting parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and northern France. To date, the disease has spread across approximately 100,000 km