Publications

identifying equine premises at high risk of introduction of vector-borne diseases using geo-statistical and space-time analyses.	the identification of premises that may play an important role in the introduction or spread of animal diseases is fundamental to the development of risk-based surveillance and control programs. a combination of geo-statistical and cluster analysis methods was used to identify geographical areas and periods of time at highest risk for introduction of the african horse sickness virus (ahsv) into the castile and leon (cyl) region of spain. risk was estimated based on the predicted premises-specifi ...	2011	21377227
identification of suitable areas for african horse sickness virus infections in spanish equine populations.	african horse sickness (ahs) is one of the most important vector-borne viral infectious diseases of equines, transmitted mainly by culicoides spp. the re-emergence of culicoides-borne diseases in europe, such as the recent bluetongue (bt) or schmallenberg outbreaks, has raised concern about the potential re-introduction and further spread of ahs virus (ahsv) in europe. spain has one of the largest european equine populations. in addition, its geographical, environmental and entomological conditi ...	2016	25476549