Spatial Transmission Characteristics of the Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 Epidemic in The Netherlands, 2023

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 16; no. 4; p. 625
• Main Authors: Boender, Gert-Jan, Hagenaars, Thomas J, Holwerda, Melle, Spierenburg, Marcel A H, van Rijn, Piet A, van der Spek, Arco N, Elbers, Armin R W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Bluetongue; Bluetongue - epidemiology; Bluetongue - transmission; Bluetongue - virology; Bluetongue virus - classification; BTV-3; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - epidemiology; Cattle Diseases - transmission; Cattle Diseases - virology; Datasets; Development and progression; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Farms; Livestock; Netherlands - epidemiology; RNA viruses; Serogroup; Sheep; spatial kernel; spatial spread; transmission; Wind; Netherlands; Belgium; France; Germany; Europe; Italy; Mediterranean Area; bluetongue; spatial spread; BTV-3; transmission; spatial kernel

A devastating bluetongue (BT) epidemic caused by bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) has spread throughout most of the Netherlands within two months since the first infection was officially confirmed in the beginning of September 2023. The epidemic comes with unusually strong suffering of infected c...