Malignant catarrhal fever: A review

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-335

  Russell, George C ^a   Stewart, James P ^b   Haig, David M ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1; Cattle; Deer; Diagnosis; Malignant catarrhal fever; Ovine herpesvirus 2; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HERPES VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

AFRICA; ALCELAPHINE HERPES VIRUS 1; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CATTLE DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; INDONESIA; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OVINE HERPESVIRUS 2; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UNGULATE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERPESVIRIDAE; MALIGNANT CATARRH; RUMINANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALCELAPHINE HERPESVIRUS 1; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BISON; BOS; BUBALUS; CERVIDAE; OVINE HERPESVIRUS 2; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 58949083704     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.11.007     Document Type: Review

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