Bluetongue virus serotype 8 reemergence in Germany, 2007 and 2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1421-1423

  Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Saßerath, Michael ^b   Thalheim, Sabine ^c   Bunzenthal, Claudia ^b   Strebelow, Günter ^a   Beer, Martin ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b State Veterinary Institute Krefeld   (Germany)

^c Landeslabor Brandenburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 50849086440     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.080417     Document Type: Article

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