First two confirmed cases of malignant catarrhal fever in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Decaro, N ^a   Tinelli, A ^a   Pratelli, A ^a   Martella, V ^a   Tempesta, M ^a   Buonavoglia, C ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Malignant catarrhal fever; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; ITALY; MALIGNANT CATARRH;

EID: 0642342132     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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