Donkeys as reservoirs of African horse sickness virus

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Hamblin, C ^a   Salt, J S ^a   Mellor, P S ^a   Graham, S D ^a   Smith, P R ^a   Wohlsein, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOROCCO; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EQUIDAE; FEVER; MOROCCO; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031605050     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_5     Document Type: Article

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