Combining dispersion modelling with synoptic patterns to understand the wind-borne transport into the UK of the bluetongue disease vector

RT @thijskuiken: In the past, bluetongue has been known to spread from continental Europe to the U.K. by infected midges being blown by the…

Midges. Living in Scotland I knew they are nasty. 🧐

In het verleden is bekend dat blauwtong zich van het vasteland van Europa naar het Verenigde Koninkrijk verspreidde door besmette muggen die over zee werden geblazen. 2/2 https://t.co/FsRhFiN4eM

In the past, bluetongue has been known to spread from continental Europe to the U.K. by infected midges being blown by the wind across the sea. 2/2 https://t.co/FsRhFiN4eM

Midweek Read: mapping atmospheric circulations against incursions of blue-tongue carrying midges as a possible means of assessing frequency & timings of other incursions of virus into new areas https://t.co/LojjQr5sC4