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This work was supported by INIA Grant FAU2008-00019-C03-01 and the Consejeria de Medio Ambiente y Ordenacion del Territorio belonging to Regional Government of Andalusia.

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Spatial-temporal Trends and Factors Associated with the Bluetongue Virus Seropositivity in Large Game Hunting Areas from Southern Spain

Publicated to:Transboundary And Emerging Diseases. 63 (5): E339-E346 - 2016-10-01 63(5), DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12309

Authors: Arenas-Montes, A; Paniagua, J; Arenas, A; Lorca-Oro, C; Carbonero, A; Cano-Terriza, D; Garcia-Bocanegra, I

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Producció Animal. IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
UAB IRTA, Ctr Recerca Sanitat Anim CReSA, Campus Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Cordoba, Fac Vet, Dept Sanidad Anim, Agrifood Excellence Int Campus CeiA3, Cordoba, Spain - Author

Abstract

An epidemiological study was carried out to determine the spatial-temporal trends and risk factors potentially involved in the seropositivity to bluetongue virus (BTV) in hunting areas with presence of red deer (Cervus elaphus). A total of 60 of 98 (61.2%; CI95%: 51.6-70.9) hunting areas sampled presented at least one seropositive red deer. Antibodies against BTV were detected in juvenile animals during the hunting seasons 2007/2008 to 2013/2014 in 15 of 98 (15.3%) hunting areas, which indicates an uninterrupted circulation of BTV in this period. A multivariate logistic regression model showed that the red deer density at hunting area level (>22 individuals/km 2), the annual abundance of Culicoides imicola (>1.4 mosquitoes/sampling) and the goat density at municipality level (>24.1 individuals/km 2) were factors significantly associated with BTV seropositivity in hunting areas. Control measures against BTV in the studied area include vaccination programmes in wild and domestic ruminants, movement control in areas with high densities and abundance of red deer and C. imicola, respectively. Considering the potential risk of BTV re-emergence, red deer should be included in the BT surveillance programmes in regions where these species share habitats with livestock.

Keywords

AnimalAnimalsAnimals, domesticAntibodies, viralBluetongueBluetongue orbivirusBluetongue virusCeratopogonidaeCross-sectional studiesCross-sectional studyDeerDeer cervus-elaphusDomestic animalGoatGoatsInfectionIsolation and purificationLogistic modelsRecreationRed deerRisk factorRisk factorsRuminantRuminantsSeroepidemiologic studiesSeroepidemiologySerotypes 1SheepSpainStatistical modelVaccinationVirologyVirus antibodyWild ruminantsWildlife

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The work has been published in the journal Transboundary And Emerging Diseases due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position 2/136, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Veterinary Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.67, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-29, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 8
  • Europe PMC: 6

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