Oral susceptibility of South African Culicoides species to live-attenuated serotype-specific vaccine strains of African horse sickness virus (AHSV)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 436-447

  Paweska, J T ^a,b   Prinsloo, S ^a,c   Venter, G J ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horse sickness virus; AHSV vaccines; Culicoides; Live attenuated vaccine strains; Oral susceptibility; South Africa

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

LIVESTOCK; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRAL VACCINES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; AVARITIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORBIVIRUS;

EID: 1842478185     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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