| first record of culicoides imicola, the main vector of bluetongue virus in europe, in the basque country (northern spain). | | 2008 | 18567930 |
| bluetongue virus serotype 1 outbreak in the basque country (northern spain) 2007-2008. data support a primary vector windborne transport. | bluetongue (bt) is a vector-borne disease of ruminants that has expanded its traditional global distribution in the last decade. recently, btv-1 emerged in southern spain and caused several outbreaks in livestock reaching the north of the country. the aim of this paper was to review the emergence of btv-1 in the basque country (northern spain) during 2007 and 2008 analyzing the possibility that infected culicoides were introduced into basque country by winds from the infected areas of southern s ... | 2012 | 22479628 |
| phenology and attraction of potential culicoides vectors of bluetongue virus in basque country (northern spain). | bluetongue virus is transmitted by culicoides biting midges (diptera: ceratopogonidae). culicoides associated with livestock were captured using cdc blacklight traps at three btv-infected farms in basque country between november 2007 and december 2008. twenty-seven and nineteen culicoides species were collected in outdoor and indoor habitats respectively. indoor insect community represented 86.1% of the whole captured individual biting midges. culicoides obsoletus/culicoides scoticus (two siblin ... | 2011 | 22137350 |