Culicoides population monitoring in France during the expected 2015-16 vector-free periodFollowing the reemergence of bluetongue virus in September 2015, a new monitoring network for Culicoides populations was set up in France during fall 2015- winter 2016. Despite the mild temperatures of fall 2015- winter 2016, the Culicoides surveillance together with the virus circulation surveillance allowed to notify certain departments as free of both virus and vector activity starting late January 2016.
February 2017
Issue Spécial Maladies Animales Réglementées et Emergentes (MRE)
Editorial
