First evidence of bluetongue virus in Kazakhstan

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-287

  Lundervold, M ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^b   O'Callaghan, C J ^a,d   Hamblin, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides; Hierarchical model; Saiga; Serological survey

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; KAZAKHSTAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; SAIGA;

EID: 0037414061     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00365-6     Document Type: Article

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