Relación entre los serotipos de lengua azul y su vector, en Europa y cuenca mediterránea
- Sánchez-Matamoros, Almudena
- Grandre San Miguel, A.
- Rodríguez Sánchez, Belén
- Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, José Manuel
ISSN: 1988-2688
Any de publicació: 2008
Volum: 2
Número: 2
Pàgines: 45-53
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias
Resum
Bluetongue (BT) is a worldwide spread disease affecting ruminants, which is transmitted by the biting of female midges from the Genus Culicoides. Traditionally, this disease has been linked with the presence of the midge Culicoides imicola, but, recent studies have suggested the possibility of other midge species being involved in the transmission of Bluetongue in cooler regions. By applying the geographic information system ARCGIS 9.2 (ESRI®), the distribution of the main Culicoides species involved in Blue Tongue transmission in Europe and the North of Africa and the distribution of BT serotypes in the same region has been represented. The analysis...