Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Bluetongue Epidemiology in the European Union

Claude Saegerman*

, Dirk Berkvens†, and Philip S. Mellor‡

Author affiliations: *University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; †Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; ‡Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, UK

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Monthly distribution of confirmed bluetongue virus 8 (BTV-8) outbreaks in northern and central Europe from August 17, 2006, through February 1, 2007. After January 1, 2007, few BTV cases were reported; those that were probably involved animals that had been infected, but not detected, in 2006.

Figure 2. Monthly distribution of confirmed bluetongue virus 8 (BTV-8) outbreaks in northern and central Europe from August 17, 2006, through February 1, 2007. After January 1, 2007, few BTV cases were reported; those that were probably involved animals that had been infected, but not detected, in 2006.

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