E. Dijkstra
4 Papers
32 Citations
E. Dijkstra is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Culicoides & Biology. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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Culicoides chiopterus as a potential vector of bluetongue virus in Europe.
TL;DR: In August 2006 bluetongue appeared for the first time in northern Europe and by December had affected over 2000 sheep and cattle holdings in the five member states of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands.
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The Mondrian matrix: Culicoides biting midge abundance and seasonal incidence during the 2006–2008 epidemic of bluetongue in the Netherlands
R. Meiswinkel,F. Scolamacchia,F. Scolamacchia,M. Dik,J. Mudde,E. Dijkstra,I. J. K. van der Ven,Armin R.W. Elbers +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Onderstepoort-type blacklight traps were used to capture Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting midges weekly between November 2006 and December 2008 on 21 livestock farms in the Netherlands.
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Endophily in Culicoides associated with BTV-infected cattle in the province of Limburg, south-eastern Netherlands, 2006.
R. Meiswinkel,Maria Goffredo,E. Dijkstra,I.J.K. Van der Ven,Thierry Baldet,Armin R.W. Elbers +5 more
TL;DR: Endo- and exophagy by potential vector Culicoides--coupled to increased adult longevity and multiple feeding events in single (potentially) infected midges--would ensure an R0 of >1, resulting in the continued maintenance and spread of BTV within local vertebrate populations.