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(list complied daily). Search term [BLUETONGUE] through askMEDLINE. The first 10 citations from MEDLINE/PubMed are shown below.

Article 1: Impact of human interventions on the spread of bluetongue virus serotype 8 during the 2006 epidemic in north-western Europe.

Article 2: Characterization of VP2 gene of an Indian Bluetongue virus serotype 2 and its close phylogenetic relationship to the Taiwan isolate.

Article 3: Efficacy of Oxyflytrade mark on Culicoides species-the vectors of Bluetongue virus-and other insects.

Article 4: Indoor activity of Culicoides associated with livestock in the bluetongue virus (BTV) affected region of northern France during autumn 2006.

Article 5: Occurrence of Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Tunisia, with emphasis on the bluetongue vector Culicoides imicola.

Article 6: Culicoides trapping with Rothamsted suction traps before and during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006 in Belgium.

Article 7: The 2006 outbreak of bluetongue in northern Europe-The entomological perspective.

Article 8: Modelling local dispersal of bluetongue virus serotype 8 using random walk.

Article 9: Vector monitoring at Belgian outbreak sites during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006.

Article 10: The phenology and population dynamics of Culicoides spp. in different ecosystems in The Netherlands.

(list complied daily). Search term [BLUETONGUE] through askMEDLINE. The first 10 citations from MEDLINE/PubMed are shown below.

Article 1: Evidence for transplacental transmission of the current wild-type strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in cattle.

Article 2: Microarray-based detection of viruses causing vesicular or vesicular-like lesions in livestock animals.

Article 3: Field observations during the Bluetongue serotype 8 epidemic in 2006 II. Morbidity and mortality rate, case fatality and clinical recovery in sheep and cattle in the Netherlands.

Article 4: Field observations during the bluetongue serotype 8 epidemic in 2006 I. Detection of first outbreaks and clinical signs in sheep and cattle in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

Article 5: Bluetongue in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: History of occurrence prior to 2006.

Article 6: Assessment of efficacy of a bivalent BTV-2 and BTV-4 inactivated vaccine by vaccination and challenge in cattle.

Article 7: Prokaryotic expression of truncated VP7 of bluetongue virus (BTV) and reactivity of the purified recombinant protein with all BTV type-specific sera.

Article 8: [Efficacy of Flectron-eartags (cypermethrin) for control of midges (Culicoides) the vectors of bluetongue virus in cattle: field studies and biossays]