Infection with bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Sweden in 2008

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Lewerin, S Sternberg ^a   Hallgren, G ^a   Mieziewska, K ^b   Berndtsson, L Treiberg ^a   Chirico, J ^a   Elvander, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Division for Ruminants and Pigs   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS 8; BOS; BOVIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

EID: 77956286137     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c3380     Document Type: Article

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