Open AccessEvaluation du risque de la fièvre catarrhale ovine par les <em>Culicoides</em> introduits via les réseaux de transport et d'échanges commerciaux
Author(s) -
Sebastián Napp,
Paolo Calistri,
Armando Giovannini,
Simon Gubbins,
Ignacio GarcíaBocanegra,
Anna Alba,
Alberto Allepuz,
Jordi Casal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1951-6711
pISSN - 0035-1865
DOI - 10.19182/remvt.10066
Subject(s) - culicoides , outbreak , serotype , biology , virology , geography , zoology
In August 2006, a bluetongue outbreak was detected in the Netherlands. It was caused by bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV- 8), a serotype thought to be of sub-Saharan origin. The most obvious mechanisms for BTV introduction, the import of infected hosts or the transport of infected Culicoides on airstreams, seemed unlikely. Therefore, the import of Culicoides along with or independently from the import of animals, plants or other ‘materials’ was considered as one of the possible explanations for the outbreak. In order to assess the likelihood of Culicoides being introduced via transport and trade networks, a quantitative risk assessment model has been constructed.