Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6142555 | Virus Research | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
- A complex BTV transmission and maintenance network has emerged in Europe.
- Wild ruminants are regarded as important actors in this epidemiological network.
- We suggest that wildlife reservoirs contribute to BTV circulation in the Mediterranean.
- Research is needed on wildlife-Culicoides and deer-BTV-livestock interactions.
- Actions in wildlife should focus on monitoring.
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Authors
Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Almudena Sánchez-Matamoros, Christian Gortázar, José Manuel Sánchez-VizcaÃno,