An outbreak of equine infectious anaemia in Ireland during 2006: The modes of transmission and spread in the Kildare cluster

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-711

  More, S J ^a   Aznar, I ^a   Myers, T ^b   Leadon, D P ^c   Clegg, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b District Veterinary Office   (Ireland)

^c IRISH EQUINE CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EIA; Epidemiology; Equine infectious anaemia; Horse; Ireland; Outbreak investigation; Spread; Transmission; Veterinary hospital

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA; FEMALE; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INFECTIOUS ANEMIA VIRUS, EQUINE; IRELAND; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 55849112246     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X363297     Document Type: Article

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