ABSTRACT A changing climate may directly or indirectly influence biological invasions by
altering the likelihood of introduction or establishment, as well as modifying the geographic …

In June 2006, bluetongue virus, an arboviral pathogen of ruminants, appeared in northern
Europe for the first time, successfully overwintered and subsequently caused substantial …

Four poll Dorset sheep and four Holstein‐Friesian cattle were infected with the northern
European strain of bluetongue virus (btv), btv‐8, to assess its pathogenicity in uk breeds …

Bluetongue (BT) is an economically important disease of ruminants resulting from infection
with bluetongue virus (BTV). Historically, BT outbreaks in Europe were rare and short-lived …

The invasion of multiple strains of the midge-borne bluetongue virus into southern Europe
since the late 1990s provides a rare example of a clear impact of climate change on a vector …

Increased transport and trade as well as climate shifts play an important role in the
introduction, establishment and spread of new pathogens. Arguably, the introduction of …

Background Nephropathia epidemica (NE), an emerging rodent-borne viral disease, has
become the most important cause of infectious acute renal failure in Belgium, with sharp …

The 2006 bluetongue (BT) outbreak in northwestern Europe had devastating effects on
cattle and sheep in that intensively farmed area. The role of wind in disease spread, through …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is an economically important pathogen of ruminants that is the
aetiological agent of the haemorrhagic disease bluetongue. Bluetongue virus is biologically …

It is a long recognized fact that climatic variations, especially temperature, affect the life
history of biting insects. This is particularly important when considering vector-borne …