Virological and pathological findings in Bluetongue virus serotype 8 infected sheep

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Worwa, Gabriella ^a   Hilbe, Monika ^b   Chaignat, Valérie ^a   Hofmann, Martin A ^a   Griot, Christian ^a   Ehrensperger, Felix ^b   Doherr, Marcus G ^c   Thür, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus serotype 8; Clinicopathological picture; Histology; Score system; Sheep breed; Virus detection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; LUNG; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MYOCARDIUM; PYLORUS; RNA, VIRAL; RUMEN; SEROTYPING; SHEEP; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; VIREMIA;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77955582449     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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