Adaptive strategies of african horse sickness virus to facilitate vector transmission

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wilson, Anthony ^a   Mellor, Philip Scott ^a   Szmaragd, Camille ^a   Mertens, Peter Paul Clement ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; AHSV; Culicoides; Vector

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EQUIDAE; ORBIVIRUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 67949092713     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008054     Document Type: Review

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