Performance of clinical signs to detect bluetongue virus serotype 8 outbreaks in cattle and sheep during the 2006-epidemic in The Netherlands

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 156-162

  Elbers, A R W ^a   Backx, A ^a   Ekker, H M ^b   van der Spek, A N ^b   van Rijn, P A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Clinical signs; ROC; Sensitivity; Serotype 8; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SHEEP; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41949106276     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.10.034     Document Type: Article

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