2003

Bréard, E., C. Sailleau, H. Coupier, K. Mure-Ravaud, S. Hammoumi, B. Gicquel, C. Hamblin, P. Dubourget and S. Zientara (2003). Comparison of genome segments 2, 7 and 10 of bluetongue viruses serotype 2 for differentiation between field isolates and the vaccine strain. Veterinary Research 34(6): 777-789.

Capela, R., B. V. Purse, I. Pena, E. J. Wittman, Y. Margarita, M. Capela, L. Romao, P. S. Mellor and M. Baylis (2003). Spatial distribution of Culicoides species in Portugal in relation to the transmission of African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17(2): 165-177.

Caracappa, S., A. Torina, A. Guercio, F. Vitale, A. Calabro, G. Purpari, V. Ferrantelli, M. Vitale and P. S. Mellor (2003). Identification of a novel bluetongue virus vector species of Culicoides in Sicily. Veterinary Record 153(3): 71-74.

De Liberato, C., B. V. Purse, M. Goffredo, F. Scholl and P. Scaramozzino (2003). Geographical and seasonal distribution of the bluetongue virus vector, Culicoides imicola, in central Italy. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17(4): 388-394.

Lundervold, M., E. J. Milner-Gulland, C. J. O'Callaghan and C. Hamblin (2003). First evidence of bluetongue virus in Kazakhstan. Veterinary Microbiology 92(3): 281-287.

Mellor, P. S. (2003). Climate change and the spread of bluetongue and African horse sickness viruses. 5th Congress of the Italian Society of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Pisa, Italy.

Mertens, P. P. C. and P. S. Mellor (2003). Bluetongue. State Veterinary Journal 13(1): 18-25.

Rawlings, P., R. Meiswinkel, K. Labuschange, N. Welton, M. Baylis and P. S. Mellor (2003). The distribution and species characteristics of the Culicoides biting midge fauna of South Africa. Ecological Entomology 28(5): 559-566.

Takamatsu, H., P. S. Mellor, P. P. C. Mertens, P. A. Kirkham, J. N. Burroughs and R. M. E. Parkhouse (2003). A possible overwintering mechanism for bluetongue virus in the absence of the insect vector. Journal of General Virology 84: 227-235.

Tatem, A. J., M. Baylis, P. S. Mellor, B. V. Purse, R. Capela, I. Pena and D. J. Rogers (2003). Prediction of bluetongue vector distribution in Europe and north Africa using satellite imagery. Veterinary Microbiology 97(1-2): 13-29.

Tatem, A. J., R. Capela, I. Pena, P. S. Mellor, M. Baylis, B. V. Purse and D. J. Rogers (2003). Prediction of Culicoides-borne disease risk in Europe and North Africa using satellite imagery. Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Proceedings of a meeting held at University of Warwick, England, 31st March-2nd April 2003: 253-264.

Venter, G. J., C. Hamblin and J. T. Paweska (2003). Determination of the oral susceptibility of South African livestock-associated biting midges, Culicoides species, to bovine ephemeral fever virus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17(2): 133-137.