Bluetongue Epidemiology in the European Union

Central and northern Europe are now at risk from bluetongue virus.

• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2008-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/eid1404.071441PMID 18394269PMCID 2570923
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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